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

and she sighed and

I misbehaved the last time,

serious crime, and I knew they would

deal with Dominic if he

are a

angry, but I don’t

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, and that was a relationship she would have to

and actions hurt

say it, I

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

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

so it was easy to think

was Tamia that made me question

look at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her

disappointed in

looking from the outside would say you didn’t birth

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

“Do not say that,

gave birth to both of

to disown him if he went for

why he

to Dominic, but I

yet he has nothing, no position,

like that get

it all, Sylvester; he

in your shadow for the rest of his

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

has worked on his insecurities and

you locked the douchebag

birth to both

otherwise,” She said and bowed her

sorry about Tamia, but

knew she went to the west because

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

vindictive, but I can’t

the next alpha, and he has a grudge against this

like Devin, his mother was taken by your father,” she

weren’t supposed to hear, so I opened the

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

is pale,” She said with concern, and I

be fine,” I said, and she looked at

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

and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her

the doctor take a blood sample?” She asked,

poison, and I also think she is pregnant,”

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

pregnant,” I confirmed, and

wide grin spread

softly and looked at

chance.” She said, and I doubted Tamia would be

tell me something about

to the couch area, and she

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she

Gretchen were brought as

was Jake’s

was stunning and

to join his harem and

favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates, and

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

she almost took

as an act of

saw it as a way of reducing

her too, and Gretchen

pleaded with Maurice to remain in his service and continue to warm his bed,” She said

was clear that my mother’s selective memory was her coping

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

driving a silver blade

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

and it bothered

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