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.

she was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only

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

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to

of the records in

said that Leah Corrigan

even sleep

in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas

might have told Jenny that, so she would not be

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

to confront your mother on

better come clean because

can just ruin the entire Volkov

we will soon welcome children into

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

wouldn’t waste

we returned to the estate in the morning, I would ask my

for all our

dinner, and everyone joked about the things they read in Jenny’s

father loved her, and my mother

She was really delusional.

troubled everyone was that other than when

as if

was an entry where she claimed my

or tell us

if the

It was weird.

the Volkov

to confirm with my

I went

and I had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on

make it hard for my

the door and was surprised

and let

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

and thanked

alright? I hope she is eating

are the

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

is fine, mother,” I

private discussion with you, and I need you

said, and her

you to tell me the truth because

ruin our

so I will

darling? I won’t lie to you

it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt, and

what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I

reconcile, ” She said, and I got

tell me the

letter

record claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing

can you say such a thing about me? It

stop spewing that nonsense about

not know how

and

that when backed into

I said, and she

down,” I told her, letting my command through,

was

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned other

just need to know what to do,”

“She is lying.

never hurt

my husband.” She said, and I

but he hurt

his fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family

hurtful things to you,” I said,

you know he tried to take my family seat from me?”

my head and then

did some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your

her where I wanted, so it was time

she knew I had information, she would

you had no

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

tears were a dead

was shaking