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.

with her?” She asked, and I knew she must have

you care?” I said, and she sighed and bowed

misbehaved the last time,

at serious crime, and I knew they would

deal with Dominic if he caused

are a fool for

angry, but

my 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 a relationship she would

“Your words and

she didn’t say it,

things; words like that don’t get forgotten,” I said, and

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

been a problem for me, so it was easy to think

made me question

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

am disappointed in

outside would say you didn’t birth me with

over me; you never have my back,” I said, tears

not say

gave birth to

to disown him if he

why he

say hurtful things to Dominic, but I

two, yet he has nothing, no position, no charge

that

all, Sylvester; he has

your shadow for the rest of

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

on his insecurities and

you locked the

birth to both of

ever think otherwise,” She said and bowed her

about Tamia, but

knew she went to the west because

on her part, and I

isn’t vindictive, but I can’t say the

the next alpha, and he has

Devin, his mother was taken by

I realised she wanted to tell me other things people weren’t supposed to

down, and she looked at Tamia,

pale,” She said with concern, and

I said,

asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was there, I decided it

and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in

a blood sample?”

of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was

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

pregnant,” I

grin spread

and looked at

another chance.” She said, and I doubted Tamia would be that

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

the couch area, and

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

bitch…” she said

were brought

Jake’s younger

stunning

father eagerly drafted her to join

his bedmates, and Ava got

with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to her husband, and Maurice considered

she almost took my

an

saw it as a way of

thought Maurice liked her too, and Gretchen was only trying

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

that my mother’s

would say he had to sleep with those women to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was fucked up, but I held

driving a silver blade through her heart in this

Maurice to let her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen in his bed naked, looking freshly

touching Ava, and it bothered

went to her cell and took her life,” she