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.

but Jenny had also said only my mother

girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and I decided to talk

to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and Tamia looked

some of

that Leah Corrigan was never in the

did not even sleep with

in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all

told Jenny that, so she would

is obsessed with

you need to confront

need to ask her; she better come clean because this is

can just ruin the entire

and we will soon welcome children into this

not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I

I wouldn’t waste any

the estate in the morning, I

all our sakes so

joked about

her, and my mother was blackmailing him to keep

She was really delusional.

troubled everyone was that other than when she mentioned

as if he had stopped

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

about it or tell us

was as if the baby

It was weird.

for the Volkov

with

I went to

had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on my

hard for my sake because I was

opened the door and

and let

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

and thanked

I hope she is eating

are the

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

mother,” I

private discussion with you, and I need you to

me,” I said, and her smile

need you to tell me the truth because what I discovered is

ruin our

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

darling? I

brother, and your know it,” She said,

I want to know what transpired between you and Jenny

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

just came to say hello and reconcile, ” She said,

tell me

a letter

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

thing about me? It

stop

know

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

always did that when backed into

truth, mother,” I said,

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

he was unfair to

I know everything.

told me about Alissa,

am not trying to judge you; I just need to know what to do,” I said and

“She is lying.

never hurt

said,

I know, but he hurt you,

you because of his fated, made you care for her, murdered most

to you,” I said,

you know he tried to take my family seat

head and then looked

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

I wanted, so it was time to

information,

tell me you had no hand

is lying and you did not have father killed.”

were

was shaking