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

you care?” I said, and she sighed and

I misbehaved the last time,

just that treason is at serious crime,

Dominic if he caused

a fool for

angry, but I don’t

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

words and actions hurt

she didn’t say it, I

her a whore, among other things; words like

didn’t do it? She was the

it was easy to think he would pull off that

that made

factors,

disappointed

outside would say you

me; you never have my back,” I said, tears streaming down

“Do not say

birth to both

him if he

was why he

hurtful things to Dominic, but I have to

of you two, yet he has nothing, no position, no

that

have it all, Sylvester; he has

has to live in your shadow for

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

worked on his insecurities

happy you

to both of

not ever think otherwise,” She said and bowed her

but I am really concerned

she went to the

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

isn’t vindictive, but I can’t

he has a grudge

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

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

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

She said with concern, and I

fine,” I said, and she

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

Tamia’s forehead and palm and checked her nails; Tamia stirred in her sleep but did not

doctor take a blood sample?” She asked, and I

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

alarm; her system is fighting whatever was

I

grin spread across

said softly and looked at

said, and I doubted Tamia would be that nice again,

were going to tell me something about Donald

to the couch

“Yes, Ava Brighton.

she said

Gretchen were brought as

was Jake’s

stunning and a

father eagerly drafted her to join

favoured Gretchen of all his bedmates, and Ava

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

because she almost took

not see it as an act

it as a way of reducing her

too, and Gretchen was only trying to get

service and continue to

was clear that my mother’s

ahead of them, but

blade through her heart in

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

touching Ava, and it bothered her,” she said

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