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.

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

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

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

did not read some of the

said that Leah Corrigan was

did not even sleep with

thrown into service in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas he

told Jenny that,

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

confront your mother

her; she better come clean because this

ruin the entire Volkov

marriage coming, and we

not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand

wouldn’t

we returned to the estate in the

truth for all our sakes

about the things they read

and my mother was blackmailing him to keep

She was really delusional.

troubled everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son, she never talked about

if he had stopped

my father took her son from her, but

it or tell us where he

the baby had stopped

It was weird.

for the Volkov estate the next

eager to confirm with my mother

arrived, and I

I took the photocopied letter and knocked on my

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

and was surprised

smiled and let

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

and thanked

she alright? I hope

the early

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

fine, mother,”

a private discussion with you, and I need

I said, and her

you to tell me the truth because what I discovered

ruin

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

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

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

transpired between you and

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

hello and reconcile, ” She

you better tell

a letter from

record claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I

thing about me? It is all

warned her to stop spewing

do not know how

father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from

always did that when backed into a

the truth, mother,” I

command through, and she reluctantly did

know he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I

need to know what to do,” I said and

“She is lying.

never hurt

my husband.” She said, and

know, but he

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

did a lot of hurtful things to you,” I said,

he tried to take my family

bowed my head and then looked

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

her where I wanted, so it

information, she

me you had no

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

tears were a

was shaking