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.

also said only my mother knew the Alias

it be possible that he discussed his trip with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I

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

of the

Corrigan was

even

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

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas he

have told Jenny that, so she would

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

need to confront

she better

can just ruin the entire Volkov

have a marriage coming, and we

secrets weighing us down and haunting us.”

I wouldn’t waste any

the estate in

truth for all our sakes so I

about the things

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

She was really delusional.

other than when she

was as if he had

an entry where she claimed my

talk about it or tell us

if the baby had

It was weird.

left for the Volkov

was eager to confirm with my

and I went

I had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and

did not make it hard for my sake because

and was

and let

have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning,

sat and thanked

is Tamia? Is she alright? I

are the early

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

is fine, mother,”

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

said, and her

need you to tell me the truth because

can ruin our

me the truth, so I will know how to handle

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

and your brother, and your know it,” She said,

what transpired between

a lot of bad blood between you two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I said, and she

hello and reconcile, ” She said,

you better tell me the

letter from

of killing father,”

a thing about me? It is

her to stop spewing

know how that bitch

said, and I cut her sentence

that when backed

the truth, mother,” I said, and she

her, letting my command through,

he was unfair to

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I

judge you; I just need to

“She is lying.

never

She said, and

but he

her, murdered most of your

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

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

and then

and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family

had her where I wanted, so

information, she would not

me you had

me that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.”

tears were a dead

was shaking and