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.

Jenny had also said only

trip with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and

that my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?”

not read some of

Corrigan

not even sleep

service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the

that, so

is obsessed with him and possessive

to confront your mother on

she better

can just ruin the entire

have a marriage coming, and we will soon

us down and haunting

I wouldn’t waste

the estate in the morning, I would

all our sakes so I can figure

dinner, and everyone joked about

woman believed my father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him to

She was really delusional.

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

as if he

there was an entry where she claimed my father

did not talk about it or tell

if the baby had

It was weird.

for the Volkov estate the next

with my mother

and I went to my

settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on

hoped she did not make it hard for my sake because I was tired

opened the door and was surprised

and let me

to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with a

sat and thanked

alright? I hope

are the

you,” she

is fine, mother,”

have a private discussion with you, and I need you

I said, and her

need you to tell me the truth because what I

ruin our

need you to come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how to handle the situation,” I said,

speaking like this, darling? I won’t lie

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

want to know what transpired between you and Jenny

blood between you two, so I do not understand why she would

hello and reconcile, ” She said, and I

you better tell me the

have a letter

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

thing

stop spewing that nonsense

not know how that

and I

that when backed

I said,

sit down,” I told her, letting my command through, and she reluctantly did

he was

I know everything.

Alissa, and I

need to

“She is lying.

can never hurt

my husband.” She said, and

know, but he hurt

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

a lot of hurtful things to you,” I

tried to take my

head and then looked at

letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I said, and she was

where I wanted, so it was time

that she knew I had information,

please tell me you

did not have father killed.”

were a

was shaking