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.

with her?” She asked, and I knew she must have

care?” I said, and she sighed

the last time, and I

was just that treason is at serious crime, and I knew they

threatened to deal with Dominic

are a

angry, but I

through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Tamia wasn’t comfortable with her

words and actions

she didn’t say it,

words like that don’t get forgotten,” I said, and

Dominic didn’t do it? She was the one that urged me to dig instead

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

was Tamia that made

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

am disappointed in you,

say you didn’t birth me with

never have my

“Do not say

birth to both of

to disown him if he

was why he

hurtful things to Dominic, but I have to

the older of you two, yet he has nothing,

like that

all, Sylvester;

in your shadow for the rest

know it gets to him, so he is always eager to prove that you are flawed so he can feel

has worked on his insecurities

you

gave birth to both of

otherwise,” She said and

am sorry about Tamia, but I am really concerned

to the

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

I can’t say the same

is the next alpha, and he has a

Devin, his mother was taken by your father,”

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

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

pale,” She said with concern, and I

fine,” I

did not know how Tamia would feel about it, but since I was there, I

palm and checked her nails;

the doctor take a blood sample?” She

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

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

I confirmed, and she

wide grin spread across

and looked at

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,

moved to the couch

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

bitch…” she

were

Jake’s younger

was stunning and

drafted her to join

his bedmates, and Ava

she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister

because she almost took

did not see it as an act of kindness on

saw it as a

thought Maurice liked her too, and Gretchen was only trying to get

to remain in his service and continue to

that my mother’s

sleep with those women to learn their husband’s secrets and be ahead of them, but here she was

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

instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen in

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

night, he went to her cell and took her life,” she said, and