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

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

that my father might have divulged his travelling plans to

not read some of the

that Leah Corrigan was never

even

in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas

have told Jenny that,

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

need to confront your mother on

to ask her; she better come clean because this is

ruin

have a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children

weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand her fear and

I wouldn’t waste any

in the

she tells the truth for all our

about the things

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

She was really delusional.

than when she mentioned her son, she never talked about him

if he had stopped

entry where she claimed my father took her son from her, but that was

talk about it or

the baby

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the

to confirm with my

arrived, and I went

had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and

it hard for my sake because I was tired of

opened the door and was

smiled and

come looking for me this

and thanked

she alright? I hope

are the

about with you,” she said,

mother,” I

to have a private discussion with you, and

I said, and her smile

need you to tell me the truth because what I discovered is

ruin

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

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

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

know what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

not understand why she would visit you

came to say hello and reconcile, ” She

better tell

letter from Jenny’s

and accusing you of

such a thing about me? It

stop spewing

not know how that

and I cut her sentence to stop her

did that when backed

I said, and she shook

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

know he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and

just need to know what to do,” I said

“She is lying.

can never hurt

She said, and I shook my

but he hurt

for her, murdered

of hurtful things to you,” I said,

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

and then

some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father

I wanted, so it was time to

information, she would not resolve to

me you had no hand in

that Jenny is lying and you did not have father

tears were a

shaking