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.

The writer said she was in the harem, but Jenny had also

opted to betray him?

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

of the records

said that Leah Corrigan was never in the

did not even sleep with

in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all

have told Jenny that, so she would not be

with him and possessive of him, too,”

confront

need to ask her; she better come clean

just ruin

we will soon

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

decided I wouldn’t

the estate in the morning, I would ask my

she tells the truth for all our

and everyone joked about the

and my mother

She was really delusional.

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

was as if he

she claimed my father took her son from her, but

did not talk about it or tell us where he

as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

Volkov estate the next

confirm with my

and I went

settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked

she did not make it hard for my sake

the door and

and

have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning, ”

and thanked

Is she alright? I hope

the

with you,” she said, and I smiled and leaned

fine, mother,”

here to have a private discussion with you, and

I said,

me the truth because what I discovered is

ruin our

so I will know how to handle the situation,”

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

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

I want to know what transpired between you and Jenny

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

say hello and reconcile, ” She said, and

tell me

have a letter from Jenny’s

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

can you say such a thing about me? It is all

her to stop

do not know how

your father..” She said, and I cut her

that when backed

the truth, mother,” I said,

my command

he was

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and I

need to know what to

“She is lying.

can never hurt

husband.” She said,

know, but he hurt you,

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

you,” I said, and she looked at

my family seat from me?” She

head and then looked

that father wanted

I wanted, so it was time

she knew I had information, she would

you had no hand in

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

were a

shaking