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.

shameless and a desperate act of

allow them to eat at our table

because of the Dark Alpha; my

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

of themselves, “He said, and I put down my cutlery

was going to speak when I stopped

call people names and judge them

moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and

us

mate vile and evil, but

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 wolf day and night, forced her to live with his mistress and placed the bitch above her? No one was willing to

monsters revived our faith in love and gave us the strength and

away my tears and gave me hope when I

give me up; I gave

for your mother and aunt, I sympathise with

you need to look into the mirror and question your morals,” I said, picking up my fork to continue the meal; I could not let

No one said anything.

Alpha Brighton gave us a tour of

needed improvement, and I made mental

to Sylvester

offered my people part- time work to help with the

Jake said, and I

had always known Leo to

that happened didn’t take

is he?” I asked, eager to know how he was

Alpha

was hurt to learn that my

what you told my son during breakfast, I figured he did

is finding it

is anything you can do to help

you seem

you love Volkov, or you would have used this opportunity

man,” Jake

Donald and Mikail will heal from what happened to

Donald yet; he 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.

I

about the

tell his eminence that I truly feel honoured that he

looked at Avery and

been through a

all the strength you can manage in

political jungle of people wrestling

as lunas are never secure, so you have to

people want to be

all that has happened, the council is

needs to

this, and that was why

why I do not have a grudge against the old

so there would be peace

someone has to be stern, keep an eye

spillover of something from

power struggle between the six ruling houses of the north,” He said, and I absorbed every word

telling me about the

He said, and

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

“Nothing, but I would like to know more about her, and you seem

is nothing

She wasn’t so bright.

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

had a fated or that

asked the

was a

member of the Belyaev family, so no one would

fated’s name was Lady

from a small merchant family in

Stephanie would not share her title even though the Lord was and still is

she always ensured the woman was

often, but when the Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice

why Maurice became power-hungry and

wanted

be able to threaten

by wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were the Babanins and the part of the Lawrence family, leaving Stephanie