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

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

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the

did not read some of the records in

that Leah Corrigan was never in

even sleep with

was thrown into service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas

told Jenny that, so

her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,” I said, and

need to confront your mother

better come

just ruin the entire Volkov

coming, and we will soon welcome children into

down and haunting us.” She

decided I wouldn’t waste any

in the morning, I

she tells the truth for all our sakes so I can

everyone joked about the

and my mother

She was really delusional.

when she mentioned her son, she never talked about him

if he had stopped

where she claimed my father

or

the baby

It was weird.

for the Volkov estate

with my

and I

I had settled in, I took

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

the door and

smiled and

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

sat and thanked

Is she alright? I hope she is eating

the

with you,” she

fine, mother,” I said

with you, and I

said, and her

tell me the truth because

can ruin

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

this, darling?

it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt,

transpired between you

you two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I

say hello and reconcile, ”

you better tell me

letter from

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

a thing about me?

stop spewing that nonsense about

know

obsessed with your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence

did that when backed

truth, mother,” I said,

her, letting my command

he was unfair

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned

trying to judge you; I just need to know what to

“She is lying.

never hurt

my husband.” She said, and I shook my

but

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

to take my family seat from me?” She asked me

bowed my head and then looked

saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father

had her where I wanted, so

she knew I had information, she would not resolve

me you

is lying and you did not have father killed.” I

were a

was shaking and