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.

her?” She asked, and I knew she must

do you care?” I said, and she sighed

misbehaved the last time,

treason is at serious crime, and I knew they would want

deal with Dominic if he caused

a fool for

was angry, but I don’t hate

things through.” She said, and I knew she was being

words and actions

she didn’t say it, I could

whore, among other things; words like that don’t get forgotten,” I

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

a problem for me, so it was easy

was Tamia that made me

at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her and making her feel

am disappointed in you,

the outside would say you

have my back,” I

“Do not say that,

birth to

if he went for

why

also say hurtful things to Dominic, but I have to feel sorry for

yet he has nothing, no

that

it all, Sylvester;

to live in your shadow for the

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

his insecurities

happy you locked the douchebag

gave birth to

ever think otherwise,” She said and bowed

but I am really

she went to the west because of

a brave thing to do on her part, and I commend her, but I am

I can’t say

the next alpha, and he has a

was taken by your father,” she said

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

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

said with concern, and I

she will be fine,” I said, and she looked at

She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel

and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred

blood sample?” She asked, and

also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was panicked because she could

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

pregnant,” I confirmed, and

wide grin spread

softly and

give me another chance.” She said, and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again, but I kept it to

about Donald Brighton, mother,”

to the couch

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

bitch…” she said

and Gretchen were brought as

Jake’s

stunning

father eagerly drafted her to join his harem and

his bedmates, and Ava

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

that bitch because she almost

did not see it as an act of kindness on her

as a way of reducing her

and Gretchen was

and continue to warm his

clear that my mother’s selective memory was her coping

secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his method was

blade through her heart in this room,”

her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen in

see, Maurice had stopped touching Ava, and it bothered her,”

locked up in the dungeon, and one drunken night, he went to her cell and took her life,” she said, and