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, and I knew she must have

do you care?” I said, and she sighed

I misbehaved the last time, and I

at serious crime, and I

to deal with Dominic if he caused you

a

angry, but

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 actions

say it, I could see

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

didn’t do it? She was the one that urged me

for me, so it was easy to

was Tamia that made me

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

disappointed in you,

from the outside would say you didn’t birth

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

not

birth to both of

if he went

was why he

to Dominic, but

two, yet he has nothing, no position, no

like that get to

it all, Sylvester;

to live in your shadow

gets to him, so he is always eager to prove that you are flawed

his insecurities and used

was happy you locked

birth to both

otherwise,” She said and bowed her

am sorry about Tamia, but I am really concerned

went to the west

brave thing to do on her

can’t say the same for Donald

he has a grudge

like Devin, his mother was taken by your

weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the door to my room and let

and she looked at

is pale,” She said with

fine,” I said, and she looked

asked, and I did not know how Tamia would

and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did not

blood sample?”

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

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

I confirmed, and she

wide grin spread across her

and looked at Tamia

She said, and I doubted Tamia would be

were going to tell me something about Donald Brighton,

moved to the couch area, and she

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

bitch…” she said

were brought

Jake’s younger

was stunning and

her to join his harem and reluctantly

all his

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

that bitch because she

as an act of

saw it as a way

her too, and Gretchen was

service and continue to warm his bed,” She said

clear that my mother’s selective memory was her coping

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

cold blood, driving a silver blade through her heart in this room,”

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

Maurice had stopped touching Ava, and it bothered her,” she said and bowed

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