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.

a desperate act of social climbing, then I

we welcome them to our home, allow them to

have a mother because of the Dark Alpha; my mother

Yet we are here.

I say these eastern.

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

was going to speak when

is easy to point fingers, call people names and judge them

is easy to speak about loyalty and moral values when you have not experienced certain things, and judging people looking

call us whores and

vile and evil,

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

gave us the

gave me hope when

I gave myself up to get away from

aunt, I sympathise

the mirror and question your morals,” I

No one said anything.

Brighton gave us

that needed improvement, and

to Sylvester when I got

people part- time work to

is truly a nice man.” Jake said,

known Leo to

that

how he was doing but reluctant to show my

days; Alpha Corrigan said

closure,” He said, and I was hurt to learn that

told my son during breakfast,

think he is finding it hard to

anything you

you seem

would have used

lucky man,” Jake said, and I

Donald and Mikail will

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 people

“He will heal, Alpha.

all do,” I said,

sorry about

honoured that he sent you,” he said, and

sighed and looked

been through a

need all the strength you can manage in that

north is a political jungle of people

never secure, so you have to be

want to be affiliated with the

council is only partially

to

that was why he

do not have a

to be a certain way so

kind, but someone has to be stern, keep an eye open, and ears to

spillover of something from his father’s

power struggle between the six ruling houses

the power struggle?”

start with Stephanie Volkov,” He said, and my stomach

well by her family and her mate, but she

to know more about her, and you seem to be

nothing

She wasn’t so bright.

preferred his fated to her,” he said, and

fated or that Stephanie

the man, and he

was a well-kept

Belyaev family, so no

fated’s name was Lady Alissa

was from a small merchant

even though the Lord was

ensured the woman was presented as

Belyaevs threatened to divide the north, Maurice had to

why Maurice became

wanted to be

able to threaten

wiping out the Belyaevs and their supporters, which were the Babanins and the part of the Lawrence