Shadows of Destiny

In The Mix Of Things ~Sylvester~ When Theodore interrupted my speech at the northern council conference, I knew something serious had happened.

I politely excused myself.

I went to him.

I could hear people murmuring, but soon, Marcel took over, and they were silent.

That was why it was best I wrote my speeches.

He just picked up from where I left off.

Theodore stood when I approached him.

“They are back,” He said, and I smiled, glad that Tamia had returned.

I was worried she might see Leo or Devin, and they would convince her to leave with them.

The painful part of that fear was that I wouldn’t have gone after her if she had willingly followed.

Otherwise, I would have given my mother, Dominic and the entire council the war they had longed for and burned the south or east to the ground.

1 “Tamia is ill.

Linda asked that I send a doctor, which I did, but then she insisted I tell you.

I think it is serious,” He said, and images of her being poisoned by Jake Brighton just to get at me flooded my mind.

I was out the door before Theodore could finish the sentence.

People were looking at me weirdly.

The moment I stepped out, I hopped into the first car I saw.

It wasn’t mine, but I was lord, and the driver was already behind the wheel.

“Volkov estate now!” I ordered him, and he started his vehicle.

I did not know who he worked for; I will have to apologise later.

We arrived at the estate, and I rushed into the building and went straight to my room.

Avery and Linda were with her.

She looked pale and sweaty but seemed a bit calm.

The doctor was examining her, and I went to hold her hands.

Knight was afraid, so I had to try and control myself.

When the doctor congratulated me that she was pregnant, I was shocked.

Knowing that Linda did not feel the same way made me still worried that Jake did.

something.

“Linda is pregnant, and she isn’t ill?” I asked the doctor.

“People experience pregnancy differently, but I will still take her blood sample to test for other things.

If there is anything, she is already recovering from it.

I will give her a mild sedative to help.

her relax and sleep it off, but there is no cause for alarm here.

She will be alright when she wakes up; she just needs to rest, ” he said, administered the sedative, and packed his things to leave.

1 I watched Tamia’s eyes close gradually until she fell asleep.

Linda and Avery excused themselves, and I stayed with her.

There was a knock on my door thirty minutes later, and I rushed to open it so the person did not bang too hard and wake Tamia up.

I knew it was my mother.

She was the only one that dared to do that.

I opened the door, and she frowned at me.

Not wanting her in my room, I stepped outside.

asked, and I knew she must

care?” I said, and she sighed and bowed

last time, and

at serious crime, and I knew they would want to

to deal with Dominic if he

are a fool

angry, but I

family home to calm down and think things through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Tamia wasn’t comfortable with her anymore, and that was

“Your words and actions

say it, I could see

her a whore, among other things; words like

was the only one that believed Dominic didn’t do it? She was the one that urged me to dig instead of

it was easy to think he would pull off

was Tamia that made me

one that made me look at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her and

am disappointed

you

me; you never have my back,” I said, tears streaming down her

“Do not say that,

to both

disown him if he went for

was why he

to Dominic, but I

of you two, yet he has

that

it all, Sylvester; he has

has to live in your shadow

him, so he is always eager

on his insecurities and used

you

to both of

She said and

Tamia, but I am

went to the west

brave thing to do on her part, and I

isn’t vindictive, but I can’t say the same for

is the next alpha, and he has a grudge against this

his mother was taken by your father,” she said and

tell me other things people weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the door to my room and let

signalled her to keep it down, and she looked at Tamia, where she was

pale,” She said with concern, and

be fine,” I said, and she looked

I examine her?” She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would

Tamia’s forehead and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred

the doctor take a blood sample?” She asked,

and I also think she is pregnant,”

alarm; her system is fighting whatever was introduced into it, “She

I confirmed, and she

spread across her

softly and looked at Tamia

She said, and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again, but I kept

were going to tell me something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said,

couch area, and

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

bitch…” she said

were brought as

Jake’s younger

was stunning

drafted her to join his harem

of all his bedmates, and Ava got

was being nice when she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to her

bitch because she almost took

as an act of kindness

a way

and Gretchen was only

continue to warm his

clear that my mother’s selective memory was her

he had to sleep with those women to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting

in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart

plead with Maurice to let her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen

it bothered

had her locked up in the dungeon, and one drunken night, he went to her cell