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.

is wrong with her?” She asked,

do you care?” I said, and she sighed

I misbehaved the last time, and I

just that treason is at serious crime, and I knew

to deal with Dominic if he

a fool

but I

my family home to calm down and think things through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Tamia

words and actions hurt her,

say it, I

a whore, among other things; words like that don’t

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

been a problem for me, so it was

Tamia that made me question the

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

disappointed in

from the outside would say you didn’t birth me with how

with him over me; you never have my back,”

not say

to both

threatened to disown him if he

was why he

but

older of you two, yet he

that get

it all, Sylvester; he

to live in your shadow for the rest

your fault, but I know it gets to him, so he is always eager to prove that

has worked on his insecurities and used

was happy you locked the

birth to

She said and bowed

Tamia, but I am really concerned for

knew she went to the west

do on her part,

but I can’t say the same for Donald

alpha, and he has a grudge

mother was taken by your father,” she

me other things people weren’t supposed to hear, so

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

is pale,” She said with concern,

will be fine,” I said, and she looked

I examine her?” She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was there, I decided it wouldn’t be

and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep

blood sample?”

a small amount of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was panicked because

system is fighting whatever was introduced into it, “She said and

is pregnant,” I

spread

she said softly and looked

she will give me another chance.” She said, and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again, but I

tell me something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said, and

couch area, and

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she said

and Gretchen were brought as

was Jake’s younger

stunning and a

to join

his bedmates,

she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to

she almost took

an

it as a way of reducing her

and Gretchen was only trying to get rid of

pleaded with Maurice to remain in his service and continue to warm his bed,” She said and

my mother’s selective memory was her

their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was fucked up, but I

Gretchen in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart

finding Maurice,

Ava, and it bothered her,” she said

he went to her cell and took her life,” she said, and I was