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.

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

opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and Tamia looked

some of

Leah Corrigan was never

even sleep with

thrown into service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas he

that, so

obsessed with him and possessive of

to confront your mother

ask her; she better come clean because

can just ruin the

coming, and we will soon

and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I

decided I wouldn’t

the estate in the morning, I would ask

all our sakes so I can

about

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

She was really delusional.

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

was as if he

there was an entry where she claimed my father took her son from her,

about it or

if the baby

It was weird.

the Volkov estate

with my mother on

arrived, and I went

I took the

not make it hard for my

mother opened the door and was surprised to

smiled and let

me this morning,

and

I hope she is

are the early

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

mother,” I said and

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

me,” I said,

you to tell me the truth because what I discovered

can ruin

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

you speaking like this, darling?

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

to know what transpired between you

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

came to say hello and reconcile, ” She said, and I got

better tell me

a letter from

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

you say such a thing

her to stop spewing that nonsense about

not know

and I cut her sentence to stop

that when backed into a

me the truth, mother,” I said, and she shook her

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

he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned

to judge you; I just need to know what to do,”

“She is lying.

can never

was my husband.” She said, and I shook

know, 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

did a lot of hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked at me,

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

head and then looked at

wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give

wanted, so it was

had information, she would not

you had no

lying and you did not have father killed.” I said, staring

tears were

shaking and