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.

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

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

be that my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and

some of the

said that Leah Corrigan was never

not even

service in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the

that, so she would not

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

confront your mother on

better come clean

just ruin the entire Volkov

have a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome

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

decided I wouldn’t waste

in the morning, I would ask

hope she tells the truth for all our sakes so I can

everyone joked about the things they read

her, and my mother was

She was really delusional.

than when she mentioned her

if

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

talk about it or tell us

if the

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the next

to confirm with my mother

arrived, and I went to

I took the photocopied letter and knocked on my mother’s

hard for my sake because I was tired

and was surprised to see

and let

done something right for you to come looking for me this morning,

sat and thanked

she alright? I hope she is eating

are the

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

mother,”

here to have a private discussion with you, and I need you

said,

me the truth because what

can ruin

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

are you speaking like this, darling?

and your know it,” She said, sounding

transpired between you

understand why

hello and reconcile, ” She said,

tell me

a letter from

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

thing about me? It is all

to stop spewing

know how

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

when backed into

I said, and she

my command through, and she reluctantly did as I

know he was

I know everything.

Alissa, and

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

“She is lying.

never hurt

She said, and I shook my

but

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

of hurtful things to you,” I said, and

my family seat from me?”

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 son, David,” I said, and

had her where I wanted, so

had information, she would not resolve

you

me that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.”

were

was shaking