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.

wrong with her?” She asked,

said, and she sighed

I misbehaved the last time,

is at serious crime, and I

to deal with Dominic if he caused

are a fool

but

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,

words and

didn’t say it, I

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

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

me, so it was easy to think he

was Tamia that made

the one that made me look at other factors,

am disappointed

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

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

“Do not

gave birth to both of

disown him if he

was why he

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

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

like that get

have it all, Sylvester;

shadow

is not your fault, but I know it gets to him, so he is always eager to prove that you are flawed so

has worked on his insecurities and

was happy you locked the

birth to both of

otherwise,” She said and bowed

sorry about Tamia, but I am really

she went to the west

was a brave thing to do on her

isn’t vindictive, but I can’t

is the next alpha, and he has a grudge against

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

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

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

pale,” She said with concern,

I

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

palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep

the doctor take a blood sample?”

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

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

I confirmed, and she

spread

said softly and looked

and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again, but I kept it to

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

the couch area, and she

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she said

were brought

was Jake’s

was stunning and

her to join his harem

of all his bedmates, and Ava

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

she almost took my

an act of kindness

as a way of reducing her

thought Maurice liked her too, and Gretchen was

his service and continue

my mother’s selective memory was

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

in cold blood, driving a silver blade through her

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

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

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