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.

in the harem, but Jenny had also said

be possible that he discussed his trip with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack

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

read some of

that Leah Corrigan was never in

even

service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas

that, so

her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive

to confront

she better come clean because this

just ruin the entire

coming, and we will soon welcome children

need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.”

decided I wouldn’t

we returned to the estate in the morning, I

tells the truth for all our sakes so I can

dinner, and everyone joked about

father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him to

She was really delusional.

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

as if he had stopped

entry where she claimed my father took her son

not talk about it or tell

the

It was weird.

for the Volkov estate the next

eager to confirm with my mother

arrived, and I

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

did not make it hard for my sake because I

the door and was

and let

for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and offered

and

Is she alright? I hope she

are the early

she said, and

is fine, mother,” I said and

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

I said,

tell me the truth

ruin our

will know

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

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

want to know what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

do not understand why she would visit you in

and reconcile, ”

better tell

a letter from

you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I said, and she stood up and shook her

say such a thing about me?

her to stop spewing that nonsense

know how

father..” She said, and I cut

did that when backed into

mother,” I said, and she

letting my command through, and she reluctantly did as I

he was unfair to

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and I learned other

to judge you; I just need to know

“She is lying.

can never

my husband.” She said, and I shook

I know, but he hurt you,

fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members,

a lot of hurtful things to you,” I said, and

to take my family seat

and then looked

saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted

I wanted, so it

that she knew I had information, she

please tell me you had no hand in

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

tears were a dead

shaking and