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.

she was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the

opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and I

divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and Tamia looked at

not read some of the records

that Leah Corrigan was never in the

did not even sleep

in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the

told Jenny that, so she would

her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive

need to confront your mother

to ask her; she better come clean

just ruin the entire Volkov

we will soon

and haunting us.” She

wouldn’t waste

the estate in the morning, I

truth for all our sakes

about the things they read in

father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing

She was really delusional.

that troubled everyone was that other than when she

was as if he

entry where she claimed my

talk about it or tell us

was as if the baby

It was weird.

the Volkov

confirm with

and I went to my

in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on

hoped she did not make it hard for my

door and was surprised

smiled and

must have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and offered

sat and thanked

alright? I hope she is

the early

she said, and I

is fine, mother,” I

am here to have a private discussion with you, and

I said,

the truth because what I

ruin

so I will know how to

darling? I won’t lie to you about

brother, and your know it,”

to know what transpired between

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

and reconcile, ” She said,

better tell me

a letter from Jenny’s

accusing you of killing father,” I

such a thing about me?

her to stop spewing that nonsense

know how that

She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from

when

me the truth, mother,” I said,

her, letting my command through,

was unfair to

I know everything.

Alissa, and I learned

not trying to judge you; I just need

“She is lying.

can never

husband.” She said, and I shook

know, but

for her, murdered most

hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked

take my family seat

head and then

some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his

her where I wanted, so

information, she would not resolve to

you had

that Jenny is lying and you did not have

were

shaking