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 she sighed and

know I misbehaved the last time, and

just that treason is at serious crime, and I knew

to deal with Dominic if

are a fool

angry, but I don’t hate

and think things through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Tamia

words and

though she didn’t say it,

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

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

a problem for me, so it was easy to think he would

was Tamia that made me

one that made me look at other factors,

am disappointed

you

never have my back,”

“Do not say

gave birth to both of

disown him if he went for the

was why

also say hurtful things to Dominic, but

you two, yet he

like that get to

all,

live in your shadow for the rest of his

it gets to him, so he is always eager to prove

has worked on his insecurities and

you

birth to both

think otherwise,” She said and bowed her

am sorry about Tamia, but I

went to the west

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

can’t say the same for Donald

next alpha, and he

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

me other things people weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the door

signalled her to keep it down, and she looked at

said with

said she will be fine,” I

her?” She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was there,

her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did not wake

take a blood sample?” She asked, and I

small amount of poison, and I also think she is

need for alarm; her system is fighting whatever was introduced

is pregnant,” I confirmed, and she

grin spread across her

softly and looked at Tamia

I

going to tell me something about Donald Brighton,

the couch area,

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she

Gretchen were

was Jake’s

was stunning and a

drafted her to join his harem and reluctantly

favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates, and Ava got

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

that bitch because she almost took

an act of kindness on her

saw it as a way of reducing

liked her too, and Gretchen was only trying to get rid of

Maurice to remain in his service and continue

my mother’s selective

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,

blood, driving a silver blade through her heart in

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

and it bothered her,” she

dungeon, and one drunken night, he went to