Shadows of Destiny

Brighton’s festival ~Tamia~ 1 Avery and I insisted on sharing the same room.

Alpha Jake offered to have his pack doctor examine me, but I refused.

I planned on managing the condition until I got back to the north.

“That went well; too well, I must say,” Avery linked me, trying to be cautious, and I smiled at her.

“He believed Leo when he told him but still felt insulted until I showed up,” I linked her back, explaining my deduction.

“Alpha Jake Brighton is an old-fashioned man.

He expected word to have gone to Sylvester’s ears of the atrocity in Brighton, and he expected Sylvester to apologise personally even though he had no hand in it.

It is an ego thing for the old man, nothing more.” I linked Avery, and she laughed.

1 “What do you think about Councilwoman Pamela? The woman reeks of treachery,” Avery said aloud, and I laughed.

It would be unwise for us to remain silent all through the room.

Being former Lunas of top packs, we understood the politics.

Alpha Brighton wanted to keep an eye on us and our activities in his territory, so he offered we stay in his house; I was sure people were listening to our conversation.

We had dinner with Alpha Jake, Mikail, his nephew, Iris, his daughter and Donald, his son.

His son and nephew were about my age, and I figured Donald would succeed his father soon.

His daughter, Iris, kept staring at us during dinner, and I was a bit uncomfortable, but I let it be.

We ate in silence and returned to our room.

“Donald did not seem to like us.

I do not know what his deal is.

Jake’s nephew, Mikail, was worse.

He kept staring at us.

Honestly, I can’t wait to be out of this place,” Avery said, lying next to me, and I smiled.

The feeling was mutual.

“I am missing Marcel,” She said and sighed.

“He didn’t want me to come, but I insisted.

Right now, I just want to head back to the north and never leave his side.

It has just been a few hours, and I am missing him so badly,” She said, and I smiled because I felt the same way.

I wondered what Sylvester was doing.

As much as I wanted to place a call, it was best I didn’t.

I was about to fall asleep when my phone.

rang.

I did not need to guess who it was.

I answered in a heartbeat.

“Miss me already, Green eyes?” he said, and I giggled on the phone.

“More than you can imagine.

Would have returned in the morning, but Alpha Jake invited us to a festival tomorrow evening, so we will return after the festival,” I said, and he grumbled on the phone.

We talked about his day, and I handed the phone to Avery to speak with Marcel.

Apparently, she did not come with her phone.

We said good night and fell asleep.

We had breakfast in the morning with our host and his children, and it was a very uncomfortable one.

“When are you two leaving?” Donald asked with a very disrespectful tone, and his father cautioned him.

“You might choose to be silent, but I won’t.

They are marrying the men that attacked their people and took them away from their husbands.

isn’t shameless and a desperate act of social climbing, then I do not

allow them to eat

a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother was taken from me because

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

themselves, “He said, and I put

to

easy to point fingers, call people names and judge them when you do not have the full

about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people looking from the outside is

us whores

mate vile and evil, but he was our

my ex-husband broke his promises and forced me to live with his fated, and I lost my rights and standing as luna? Where was your moral compass when Avery’s husband abused her and her

our faith in love and gave us

and gave me

not give me up; I gave myself up to get away

and aunt, I sympathise with you, but Sylvester is nothing like

it, you need to look into the mirror and question your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to continue the meal; I could

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us

things that needed improvement, and I made

to Sylvester

part- time

nice man.” Jake said,

always known Leo to

was glad the things that happened

how he was doing but reluctant

Alpha

he needs closure,” He said, and I was hurt to learn that my letter did not give

my son during breakfast, I figured he did it

finding it

anything you can do to

you seem pretty

you would have used

Jake said,

hope Donald and Mikail will heal from what happened to

is about twenty-six and ready to take over, but I am afraid he would make a bad decision that would get him and our

“He will heal, Alpha.

all do,” I

am sorry about

his eminence that I truly feel honoured that he sent you,” he

and looked at

women have been through a lot

you can

north is a political jungle of

secure, so you have to

want to

that has happened, the council is only partially

to be

this, and that

not have a

be a certain way so there would be peace in our

to be

be suffering a spillover of something from his father’s

of us old Alphas know of the power struggle between the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed every word and then used that

about the power

He said, and

well by her family and her mate, but she can be vindictive.” He said, and he

he asked, and I shook my head “Nothing, but I would like to know more about her, and you seem to be in the best position to tell me since you experienced when she was

is nothing special

She wasn’t so bright.

preferred his fated to her,” he said, and I was in

or that Stephanie

asked the man,

was a well-kept

a member of the Belyaev family,

name was Lady

small merchant family in

even though the Lord was and still is

was presented as one of his

Belyaevs threatened to divide

why Maurice became power-hungry and a

the man wanted to be so

able to threaten him

subdue them by wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which