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.

Jenny had also said

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

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

of the records in

Leah Corrigan was never

did not even sleep with

service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas he

that, so

is obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,” I

you need to confront your mother on

her; she better come clean

just ruin the entire Volkov

we will soon

need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand her fear and

I wouldn’t waste

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

our sakes so I

everyone joked about the

woman believed my father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing

She was really delusional.

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

as if he had stopped

there was an entry where she claimed my

did not talk about it or tell

the

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the next

eager to confirm with

and I went

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

she did not make it hard for my

and was surprised to see

smiled and let me

for me this morning, ”

and thanked

Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she

the early

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

fine, mother,” I

private discussion with you, and I need you to be

I said,

the truth because what I

can ruin

tell me the truth, so I will

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

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

I want to know what transpired between

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

hello and reconcile, ” She

better tell me the

have a letter

of killing father,”

a thing about me?

stop spewing that nonsense about

know how that bitch

She said, and I cut her

when backed

me the truth, mother,” I said, and she

my command through, and

was unfair

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and I

judge you; I just need to

“She is lying.

can never hurt

was my husband.” She said, and I shook

but he hurt you,

for her, murdered most

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

did you know he tried to take my family seat from

my head and then looked

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

had her where I wanted, so it

knew I had information, she would not

tell me you had no hand in

that Jenny is lying and you did not have father

tears were a dead

was shaking