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

I misbehaved the last time, and

is at serious crime, and I knew they would want

with Dominic if he caused you

a fool for

but I don’t

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

words and

didn’t say

words like that don’t get forgotten,”

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

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

that made me question the

made me look at other factors,

am disappointed

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

side with him over me; you never have my back,” I said, tears streaming down her

not say that,

to both of

him if

why

but

yet he has nothing, no position, no charge

that

it all, Sylvester;

shadow for the rest of his

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

on his insecurities

you locked the douchebag

to both

not ever think otherwise,” She said and bowed her

sorry about Tamia, but I am

she went to the west because

brave thing to do on her part,

I can’t say the

he has

taken by your father,” she said and

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

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

pale,” She said with

will be fine,” I said, and

not know how Tamia would

palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep

take a 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 be

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

I confirmed,

spread

softly and looked at

She said, and I doubted Tamia would

something about Donald Brighton, mother,” I said,

the couch area, and

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she said

and Gretchen were brought

was Jake’s

stunning and a

eagerly drafted her to join his

favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates,

nice when she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law back to her husband, and Maurice

bitch because she almost took

see it as an act

it as a way of reducing

too, and Gretchen was only

Maurice to remain in his service and continue to

was clear that my mother’s selective memory was her

to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was admitting that his

driving a silver blade through her heart in this room,” she said, looking

let her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she

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

drunken night, he went to