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.

was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias my father used

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

plans to a girl in the

not read some of the records in the

that Leah Corrigan was

not even

service in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas he

might have told Jenny that, so

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

confront your mother

better

just ruin the

a marriage coming, and we

us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could

decided I wouldn’t waste any

returned to the estate in the morning, I would

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

everyone joked about the

believed my father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him to keep

She was really delusional.

when she mentioned her son,

as if

was an entry where she claimed my father took her son from

talk about it or tell

if the

It was weird.

the Volkov

confirm with

arrived, and I went to my

I took the photocopied letter and knocked

for

opened the door and was

and let

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

sat and thanked

she alright? I hope

are the

you,” she said, and

mother,” I

to have a private discussion with you, and I need

me,” I said, and her

to tell me the

ruin our

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

darling? I won’t lie to

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

transpired between you

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

hello and reconcile, ” She

you better tell

have a letter from Jenny’s

accusing you of killing father,” I said,

say such a thing about me?

to stop spewing that nonsense about

know how

was obsessed with your father..” She said, and

that when backed

the truth, mother,” I said, and she shook her

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

was unfair to

I know everything.

told me about Alissa,

to judge you; I just need to know what to do,”

“She is lying.

never

She said, and I shook

I know, but he hurt you,

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

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

take my family seat from me?” She asked me

my head and then

to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I said, and she was

had her where I wanted, so it was time

I had information, she would not

please tell me you had no

not

tears were a

was shaking