Shadows of Destiny

A Confession Of Rage ~Sylvester~ I took the journal from Tamia and read the page she was on.

I could not believe what I had just seen.

“What if this woman was trying to frame my mother? The letter was anonymous.

What if that was what she was trying to do? Jenny was on the council, and my mother wasn’t.

My father had left the Balyaev seat vacant, making the Lawrences the most powerful family on the council.

What if the council teamed up and decided to persecute my mother? There is always evidence to convict a person, whether guilty or innocent.

What if that was Jenny’s plan?” I said, still finding it hard to believe what Tamia had said.

She stood up and touched my hand.

“I do not know what to believe.

But we must review the files and hide the correspondence about your father’s murder.

Marcel and Theodore are loyal to you, but their fathers were also killed.

They might not find it funny and demand retribution,” she said to me, and I knew she was right.

So I left her in the room and rushed down, stared at where the documents were and started searching the files for anything that had to do with the correspondence between Jenny and my mother.

“Sylvester, is everything alright?” Marcel asked me holding Jenny’s journal in his hand.

It was clear they found what she had written amusing.

I smiled at him and nodded.

“Yes.

I just need to see the correspondence between her and my mother,” I said.

He nodded and continued to read the journal in his hand.

I thought of the many things that could happen if the information Tamia just found out got into the wrong hands.

The thought motivated me to search.

Tamia joined me downstairs and helped me search the files.

We were at it for hours.

We had lunch and talked about the content of the journal.

We joked about what Jenny wrote.

Tamia and I pretended to find it amusing because we did not want to alarm the others.

By evening we had gone through all the documents we had brought, and only four files consisted of her correspondence with my mother and father.

I found a copy of the letter sent to her by her southern informant in those files.

It was authentic, but I could not tell if it was my mother’s handwriting or not.

“Alpha Corrigan, I write you in good conscience.

I do not believe in injustice, and I believe the wolf lord lost his mind because of his greed.

Knowing how greatly your family suffered at his hands, I am moved to do this.

Although I want to remain anonymous, I have discovered that the lord is out to conquer the south.

He travels in disguise with his beta and gamma under the Alias John Michan.

He plans to scout your territory as a tourist to develop his attack plan.

I am writing you this letter so you can prepare yourself for what is to come.

Your parents’ sacrifice should not be in vain.

Leah Corrigan and I became friends in the harem.

Where I found favour with the wolf lord, she didn’t.

I am writing you this letter to help keep her son alive.

Please, the wolf lord with be in the south on Monday at noon.

He will be staying at the Danes Inn in Pridewood Pack land Under his Alias.

Be warned that there will be warriors around.

You must intercept him in the inn.

I hope for the sake of the south you succeed.” It read, and I wondered how Jenny would think my mother would write the letter.

she was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother

with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and I decided to talk to her about my

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the

of

Leah Corrigan

even sleep

service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all

told Jenny that, so she would

is obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,”

to confront your mother

need to ask her; she better come clean because this

ruin

and we will soon welcome

not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said,

decided I wouldn’t

we returned to the estate in the morning, I

all our sakes so I

dinner, and everyone joked about the things they read

woman believed my father loved her, and my mother was

She was really delusional.

thing that troubled everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son, she never talked about him

if he

there was an entry where she claimed my father took her son

did not talk about it or tell us where he was

the baby had

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the

eager to confirm with my mother

and I went

took the photocopied letter and knocked on my

make it hard for my

door and was

and let

you to come looking for me this morning,

sat and

is Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she is eating and

the early

shouldn’t be going about with you,” she

is fine, mother,” I

have a private discussion with you, and I need

I said,

me the truth because what

can ruin our

come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how

like this, darling? I won’t lie to you

and your brother, and your know it,” She said,

what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

two, so I do not understand

reconcile, ” She said, and I got

better tell me

letter from

of killing father,” I said, and she

can you say such a thing about

warned her to stop

do not know how that bitch

and I cut her sentence to

that when backed into

me the truth, mother,” I said,

letting my command through,

was unfair

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and I

I just need to know what to do,”

“She is lying.

never

said, and I

know, but he

you because of his fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family seat to his

hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked at

know he tried to take my

my head and

some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family

so it was time to

information,

me you had no hand in

not have father killed.” I said, staring

were a

was shaking and