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.

had also

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 I decided to

my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl

of

that Leah Corrigan was never

did not even

in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas

might have told Jenny that, so she would not

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

need to confront your mother on

better come clean because this

just ruin

have a marriage coming, and we

haunting us.” She said, and

wouldn’t waste

returned to the estate in the morning, I

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

about

father loved her, and my

She was really delusional.

other than when she mentioned

as if

entry where she claimed my father took her son from

talk about it or tell us

the

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the

confirm with my mother on

arrived, and I

Tamia and I had settled in, I took the

it hard for my sake because

opened the door and

and let

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

and

alright? I hope she is eating

are the early

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

fine, mother,” I said and

discussion with you, and I need

said, and

the

can ruin our

I will

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

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

what transpired between you and

do not understand why she would

say hello and reconcile, ” She said, and

tell

a letter from

claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,”

say such a thing about me?

her to stop spewing

not know

and I cut her sentence

did that when backed

mother,” I said, and she

her, letting my command through, and she reluctantly did as I

he was

I know everything.

Alissa,

just need to

“She is lying.

can never hurt

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

but he hurt you,

her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to

things to you,” I said, and she looked

to take my family seat

head and then

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

where I wanted, so it was time to ask

knew I had information, she would not

tell me you had no hand in

that Jenny is lying and you did not

tears were a

was shaking and