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.

the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias my

that 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

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

did not read some of

Leah Corrigan

did not even sleep

thrown into service in Grizlo, where she

“Maybe she was misinformed.

father slept with all the lunas he

might have told Jenny that,

is obsessed with him and possessive of him,

you need to confront your mother on

to ask her; she better come

can just ruin the

coming, and we will soon welcome

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

wouldn’t

the estate in the morning, I

truth for all our sakes so I can figure out what to

and everyone joked about the

believed my father loved her, and my mother was

She was really delusional.

when

was as if he

there was an entry where she claimed my father took

did not talk about it or

the baby had stopped

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the

confirm with my

I went

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

make it hard for my

and

and let

for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She

sat and thanked

she alright? I hope

the early

going about with you,” she said, and I

fine, mother,”

private discussion with you, and I need you to

said,

tell me the truth because what I discovered

ruin

need you to come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how

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

your brother, and your know it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt, and I

I want to know what transpired between you

a lot of bad blood between you two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in

to say hello and reconcile, ” She

you better tell me the

have a letter from

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

thing about me? It is

to stop spewing

do not know how that

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

that when backed

the truth, mother,” I

command

know he was

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and

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

“She is lying.

never

husband.” She said, and I shook my

I know, but he

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

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

he tried to take my family seat

and then

wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I

so it was

had information, she would not

you had no hand

lying and you did not have

were a

shaking