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.

gentleman, unlike Amanda, who was

is like Amanda, persistent? “What if the pull is so strong and you can’t say no?” I asked him,

love is stronger

you

have nothing

married and welcome

no room in my life,” he said

hates

if she interferes?” I said,

doesn’t hate you, and she can never make me do anything I do not want to do,” He

pulling me close to kiss

good on mine, and I opened up to receive

Erasing Devin’s kiss.

hungrily, wanting to feel every bit of him, knowing this

heart was beating

of joy

travelled with his lips to

sink his teeth in and seal

tradition

tightly,

Knight, and I did not

strength, and I straddled him and

with his lips, and I

worshipped them and

bulge, and I wanted him to seal

off the

need to rest,

I will

do not care,

I said,

charged back to the bed and kissed me hungrily; he moved

growled his famous

that brought me back from the

helped me keep my promise and gave

welcomed the words and

teased my knob with his tongue and then looked at me to be sure I was

sucked gently,

looked at me

control myself,” He told me, and I shook my

and he knelt between my legs

began to pump fast

but a part of me said I

like that, my

and lifted

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

and I am afraid you will hate me for it,” I said, and he

did you do, Tamia?” He

knew he

the bed, and

said, and my tears

I said, stuttering between

saw Devin at the festival,” I

fists, and his hands

I could see anger rise in

no going back from

I said, and

could feel the pressure

not know until last night,

I swear.

I did not know.

it was because of Leo’s mark,” I said, rushing through the words, but his growls

was strong and intoxicating, and we made out,” I confessed, and

away my

almost claimed me, but I

I rejected him.

of effort, but I

had nothing to

because he realised that my heart belonged to

hard, but he accepted it.” I

on the bed, and

something crazy, but

“It’s okay, darling.

It’s okay.

do anything

did not betray

me and kept your promise,”

to be ashamed

Kaira have nothing to be ashamed of, ” he said, looking at me with

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

He was afraid.