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.

harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias

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

to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and

read some of the

Leah Corrigan was

even

service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas

told Jenny that,

you know she is obsessed with him and

confront your

to ask her; she better come clean because

just ruin the entire

a marriage coming, and we will soon

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

decided I wouldn’t

in the morning, I would ask

our sakes so I can

had dinner, and everyone joked about

loved her, and

She was really delusional.

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

as if he had stopped

to Theodore, there was an entry where she claimed my father took

not talk about it or

if the baby

It was weird.

the Volkov estate

with

arrived, and I went to my

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

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

door and was

smiled and

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

and

Is she alright? I

the early

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

mother,”

here to have a private discussion with

I said,

need you to tell me the truth

ruin our

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

like this, darling? I won’t

it,” She said, sounding a

know what transpired between you and Jenny

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

just came to say hello and reconcile, ”

better tell me the

have a letter from Jenny’s

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

can you say such a thing

warned her to stop spewing that

know how that bitch

your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from

that when backed into a

truth, mother,” I

letting my command through, and she reluctantly did

know he was

I know everything.

Alissa,

I just need to know what to

“She is lying.

never hurt

husband.” She said, and

but he hurt you,

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

hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked

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

and then looked at

to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his

wanted, so

she knew I had information,

tell me you had

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

were a

shaking