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 said only my mother knew

opted to betray him? Tamia and I

divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked,

did not read some of the records in the

Leah Corrigan was never

did not even

was thrown into service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas

that, so she would not be

with him and possessive of him, too,” I said, and

you need to confront your mother

to ask her; she better come clean

ruin the entire

marriage coming, and we will soon

haunting us.” She said, and I could

I wouldn’t waste

estate in the

the truth for all our sakes so I can figure

dinner, and everyone joked about the

her, and my mother was

She was really delusional.

when she mentioned her

was as if

was an entry where she claimed my father took

or tell us

was as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

Volkov

eager to confirm with

I went to my

took the photocopied letter and knocked on my mother’s

for my sake because I

mother opened the door and was surprised to

and

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

sat and

is Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she is eating and

the

she said, and I smiled

is fine, mother,” I said and

with you, and I need you to be

me,” I said, and her

me the truth because what I

can ruin our

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

are you speaking like this, darling? I won’t

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

want to know what transpired

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

hello and reconcile, ” She said, and I got

you better tell me

letter from Jenny’s

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

a thing

warned her to stop spewing that nonsense about

do not know how that

with your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from

that when backed into a

me the truth, mother,” I said, and

her, letting my command

was unfair to

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned other

to judge you; I just need to

“She is lying.

never hurt

She said, and I shook my

know, but he

murdered most of your

things to you,”

to take my family seat

bowed my head and then

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

had her where I wanted, so it was

knew I had information, she would not resolve to

you had no

did not have father killed.” I said,

were

was shaking and