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, and

you care?” I said, and

misbehaved the last time, and I

serious crime, and I knew they would want to kill

threatened to deal with Dominic if

are a

was angry, 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, and

words and actions

she didn’t say it, I

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

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

so it was easy to think he would pull off

that made me

the one that made me look at other factors, yet you were busy

disappointed in you,

outside would say you didn’t birth me with how

with him over me; you never have my back,”

“Do not say

to both

to disown him if

was why he

Dominic, but I have

he has nothing, no position, no charge and

like that get to

all, Sylvester; he

shadow

know it gets to him, so he is

his insecurities and used

happy you

gave birth to

ever think otherwise,” She said and bowed

sorry about Tamia, but I

to the west because

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

but I can’t say the same for

and he

his mother was taken by

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

to keep it down, and she looked at

is pale,” She said with concern,

said she will be fine,” I said,

mind if I examine her?” She asked, and I did not know how Tamia would feel

nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did not wake

blood sample?” She asked,

she ingested a small amount of poison, and I also think she is pregnant,” she said, and I was panicked because she could

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

is pregnant,” I confirmed, and

spread across

softly and looked at Tamia

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

to tell me something about

the couch

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she

Gretchen were brought as

Jake’s

was stunning and

eagerly drafted her to join his

Gretchen of all his bedmates, and Ava got

she was being nice when she pleaded with Maurice to send her sister In-law

that bitch because she almost took my

as an act of kindness on

a way of reducing

and Gretchen was only trying to get

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

that my mother’s selective memory

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,

a silver blade

come to plead with Maurice to let her say, and instead of finding Maurice, she found Gretchen

had stopped touching Ava, and it bothered her,” she

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