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 the Alias my father used to

one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in

of the

that Leah Corrigan was

even sleep

thrown into service in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas

Jenny that,

know she is obsessed with

to confront your

to ask her; she better come clean

ruin

we will soon welcome children into this

do not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said,

wouldn’t waste any

returned to the estate in the morning, I would ask

truth for all our sakes

joked about the things they read

and my mother was blackmailing him

She was really delusional.

was that other than when she mentioned her son, she

as if he had stopped

an entry where she claimed my father took her son

not talk about it or tell us where

was as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the next

was eager to confirm with my mother on

I went

I took

for my sake because I

opened the door and was surprised

smiled and let me

looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and offered

and thanked

alright? I hope she is eating and

the

be going about with you,” she said, and

is fine, mother,” I said

with you, and I need you to be

I said, and her

you to tell me the truth because what I

ruin

will know how to handle

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

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

what transpired between you and Jenny

understand why she would visit you

hello and reconcile, ”

you better tell me the

a letter from

accusing you of

such a thing about me? It

her to stop

do not know how that

said, and I cut her sentence to stop

when backed into a

the truth, mother,” I said, and she

sit down,” I told her, letting my command through, and she

know he was

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and I

I just need to know what to do,” I

“She is lying.

can never hurt

said, and

I know, but he hurt

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

hurtful things to you,” I said, and

tried to take my family seat

my head and then looked

research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I said,

so it

information, she would not resolve to

please tell me you had no hand in

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

tears were a

shaking