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 only my mother knew the Alias

him?

to a girl in the harem?” I asked,

not read some of the records in the

Leah Corrigan was never

did not even sleep

into service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas he

might have told Jenny that, so she would not

is obsessed with

need to confront

her; she better come

just ruin the entire Volkov

have a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into

and haunting us.” She said, and

I wouldn’t waste any

returned to the estate in the morning, I would ask

she tells the truth for all our sakes so I can figure

had dinner, and everyone joked about the

my father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing

She was really delusional.

troubled everyone was that other than when

if he had

claimed my father took her

did not talk about it or tell us where he

as if the

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the

eager to confirm with

and I went to

in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked

did not make it hard for my sake because I was

mother opened the door and

smiled and let

come looking for me this morning, ” She said with

sat and thanked

alright? I hope she

are the early

with you,” she said, and

fine, mother,” I said

am here to have a private discussion with

me,” I said, and her smile

to tell me the

ruin

so I will know how to handle the

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

love you and your brother, and your know it,” She said, sounding

know what transpired between you

was a lot of bad blood between you two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I said, and

and reconcile, ” She said, and

tell

a letter

you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,”

you say such a thing about

her to stop

do not know how that bitch

She said, and

when backed into

truth, mother,” I said, and she shook

I told her, letting my command through,

he was

I know everything.

Alissa, and I learned other

just need to know what

“She is lying.

never

husband.” She said, and I

but he

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

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

you know he tried to take my family seat from me?” She asked

head and then looked

that father wanted to give your family seat

where I wanted, so it was time to ask

knew I had information,

please tell me you had no

and you did not

tears were

was shaking and