Shadows of Destiny

Awake ~Tamia~ Everyone was elated by the news except for Sylvester.

I could see he was happy, but he squeezed my hand gently.

“Thank you, doctor, but why is she ill? Linda is pregnant, and she isn’t ill,” He said, and I could understand his reaction to the news.

“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.

“I will administer a mild sedative to help her rest”, he added.

The doctor administered the medication and left.

Leaving Sylvester, Avery and me in the bedroom.

My eyes became heavy, and I fell asleep.

I woke up to see Sylvester lying beside me in bed and working on his computer.

I groaned, and he looked at me and smiled.

He put his computer on the nightstand and kissed my forehead.

“If you were a child, I would have said you were grounded,” He said with a tinge of anger, and I understood.

His eyes were teary, and he was fighting his emotions.

“Anything could have happened to you out there, Tamia.

Anything.

Why would you keep something so significant from me?” He asked, and I gradually sat up.

“Had I told you I was throwing up and feeling feverish, you would not have allowed me to go, and I did not trust the council to do your bidding in the west,” I said, and he bowed his head and then looked at me.

“How are you feeling now?” He asked and placed his hand gently on my belly.

His touch felt good against my skin, and I wanted his hand to linger.

Kaira was silent because she was ashamed of what we did and what she almost allowed to happen.

I understood her shame.

“Don’t do this again.

Always tell me what you are going through, Tamia.

We will get through it together no matter how terrible it is,” He said, and I nodded.

“So we will be parents soon,” he said with a broad grin, and I smiled at him.

I felt like shit.

How would I tell him I saw Devin and we made out? How would I tell him he was my fated, but I rejected him? How? “Please don’t,” Kaira pleaded with me, afraid.

I understood her fear because making out with Devin and almost allowing him to claim us felt like a great betrayal.

“How were things over there?” he asked, and I told him everything Alpha Jake told me about the attack.

He took off his shirt and snuggled into bed beside me to hold me.

I felt at peace when he wrapped his arms around me and enveloped me with his scent.

I held him resting my head on his chest, and looked up at him.

“I love you, Sylvester.

Please don’t break my heart,” I said in tears, and he frowned.

He was surprised at my sudden mood.

“I can never hurt you, Tamia,” He said and placed my hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat.

“I cannot live without you.” He said.

“If your fated shows up, what would you do?” I asked, and he sat up gently.

I gently sat up, too, and he looked at me.

“I make my destiny, Tamia, and I choose you and our baby.

She would have shown up late.

I have given everything to you, Tamia; I have nothing to give her,” he said, and I bowed my head, knowing how strong the pull was and how Leo failed.

a gentleman, unlike Amanda, who was

if his fated is like Amanda, persistent? “What if the pull is so

my love is stronger than the legendary pull of

will choose you over and over

nothing to

be married and welcome our

no room in my life,” he said with

mother hates

I said,

and she can never make me do anything I do not

he said, pulling me close to kiss

mine, and I

Erasing Devin’s kiss.

wanting to feel every bit of

heart was beating

mixture of joy and

his lips to

his teeth in and seal

wanted to disregard tradition and just

tightly, and

and I did not

I straddled

lips, and I looked up, pushing my chest

worshipped them and

and I

gently flipped our positions and got off the bed,

need to rest,

if I go ahead now, I will

do not care,

said, and his eyes went

entered a battle he would lose because Knight charged back to the bed and kissed me hungrily; he moved down my body fast and

he growled

brought me back from

helped me keep my promise and gave

welcomed the words and opened wider for

tongue and then looked at me to be sure

gently, and I

looked at

He told me, and I shook my

don’t,” I said, and he knelt between my legs and drove his cock into

began to pump fast

part of me said

and just like that, my

lifted

matter, green eyes?” He said with concern, and my tears fell

Sylvester, and I am afraid you will

you do, Tamia?” He asked

knew he was

the bed, and I

said, and my tears fell

I said, stuttering

at the festival,”

his fists, and

darkened instantly, and I could

was no going back from

was my Fated,” I said, and Knight began

could feel the pressure of

not know until last

I swear.

I did not know.

I said, rushing through the words, but his growls

and intoxicating, and we made out,”

away

claimed me,

I rejected him.

of effort, but I

nothing to give

he realised that my heart belonged to

it.” I

me on the bed, and my heart was

but he hugged me tightly and kissed my

“It’s okay, darling.

It’s okay.

do anything

did not

are incapable of; you honoured me and kept your promise,” He said

nothing to be

and Kaira have nothing to be ashamed of, ”

you, Tamia, thank you for coming back to me,” he said, tears

He was afraid.