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.

writer said she was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias my father

him? Tamia and I returned upstairs

might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and Tamia

did not read some of

Corrigan was

even

into service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas he

that, so she would

obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,” I said,

confront your mother

better come clean because this is

ruin the entire Volkov

have a marriage coming, and we will soon

us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand her fear and

wouldn’t

to the estate in the morning, I would ask my

hope she tells the truth for all our

joked about the things they

her, and my mother was blackmailing

She was really delusional.

everyone was that other than when she

if

there was an entry where she claimed my father

or tell us where he was

if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

Volkov estate

confirm with my mother on

and I

and I had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on

hoped she did not make it hard for my

and was surprised to see

and

looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and

and

is Tamia? Is she alright? I

are the early

shouldn’t be going about with you,” she said,

mother,” I said and

have a private discussion with you, and I need you to be

me,” I said, and

me the truth because what I

can ruin

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

like this, darling? I won’t lie to

your know it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt,

know what transpired between you

lot of bad blood between you two, so I do not understand why she

to say hello and reconcile, ” She

tell me

a letter

you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I said,

such a thing about me? It is

stop

not know how that bitch

was obsessed with your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop

did that when backed

the truth, mother,” I said, and she shook her

told her, letting my command

was

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and

to judge you; I just need

“She is lying.

never hurt

said,

know, but he

care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family seat

a lot of hurtful things to you,” I

to take my family

and

some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father

her where I wanted, so it

she knew I had information, she would not resolve

please tell me you had

me that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.” I said, staring into her

were

shaking and