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.

but Jenny had also said only my mother

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

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

some of the records in the

Leah Corrigan was never

did not even

thrown into service in Grizlo,

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas he

told Jenny that, so

Tamia; you know she is obsessed with

you need to confront your

her; she better

can just ruin the

coming, and we will soon welcome children into

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

wouldn’t waste any

returned to the estate in the morning,

tells the truth for all our sakes so I can

had dinner, and everyone joked about the things they

believed my father loved her, and

She was really delusional.

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

as if he had stopped

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

about it or tell us where he was

was as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the

was eager to confirm with my mother on the

and I went

in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on my mother’s

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

door and was surprised to see

smiled and let me

must have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and offered me

sat and thanked

alright? I hope

are the

shouldn’t be going about with you,” she said, and I

mother,” I said and

have a private discussion with you,

me,” I said,

to tell me the truth because what I discovered is

ruin our

I will know how

this, darling? I won’t lie to

it,”

know what transpired between you

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

reconcile, ” She said,

you better tell

have a letter from Jenny’s

wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I said, and she stood up and shook her

can you say such a thing about

her to stop

do not know

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

did that when backed into

the truth, mother,” I said, and she

my command through, and she reluctantly

know he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned

to judge you; I just need to know

“She is lying.

never

was my husband.” She said, and I shook my

I know, but he hurt

divorce you because of his fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members,

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

to take my family seat

head and then looked

father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I said, and

so it was time

had information, she would not

you had no hand in

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

were

shaking