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.

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

and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and I decided to talk to her about

to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and Tamia looked

read some of the records in

Corrigan was never in

did not even

service in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas

might have told Jenny that, so she

have read her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive of him,

need to confront your mother

her; she better come clean because this is

just ruin

and we will soon welcome children

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

wouldn’t waste

the estate in the morning,

truth for all our sakes so

about

believed my father loved her, and my mother was

She was really delusional.

everyone was that other than when she mentioned

if he

she claimed my father took

it or

if the

It was weird.

left for the Volkov

with my mother

arrived, and I went to my

had settled in, I took

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

the door and

smiled and let me

me this morning,

and

she alright? I hope she is eating

are the early

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

mother,” I said

have a private discussion with you, and I need

said, and

tell me the truth because what I

ruin our

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

are you speaking like this, darling? I won’t

your know it,” She said,

to know what transpired between you and Jenny

I do not understand why she

say hello and reconcile,

tell me

have a letter from

it and accusing you of

can you say such a thing about me? It

warned her to stop

know

father..” She said, and

did that when backed into

mother,” I said, and she

command through, and she reluctantly did as

he was

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned

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

“She is lying.

can never

husband.” She said,

know, but he hurt

care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family seat

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

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

and then

to alert you that father wanted to

wanted, so it was time to

had information, she would

tell me you had no hand in

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

tears were a

was shaking and