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.

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

opted to betray him? Tamia and

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

not read some of the

said that Leah Corrigan was never in

not even sleep

in Grizlo,

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas

that, so she

have read her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him

you need to confront

her; she better come clean because this

just ruin the entire

we will

and haunting us.”

I wouldn’t

we returned to the estate in the

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

had dinner, and everyone joked about the things they read

father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him

She was really delusional.

troubled everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son,

was as if he had stopped

she claimed my father took

or tell us where

was as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

left for the Volkov

was eager to confirm with my mother

I went to

settled in, I took the

it hard for

opened the door and

smiled and let

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

and

alright? I hope she

the early

about with you,” she said,

fine, mother,” I

here to have a private discussion with

me,” I said, and

me the truth

can ruin our

will

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

your know it,” She said, sounding a bit

what transpired

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

to say hello and reconcile, ” She

better tell

letter

you of killing father,” I said, and

you say such a thing about me? It is all

to stop spewing that nonsense

not know how

said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from

always did that when backed into

I said, and she shook her

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

he was

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and

judge you; I just need

“She is lying.

can never

was my husband.” She said, and I shook

know, but he

for her, murdered most of your family members, and

to you,” I said, and

tried to take my

my head and then looked

alert you that father wanted to give your

had her where I wanted, so

information, she would not

please tell me you had no

not have father killed.” I said, staring

were a dead

was shaking and