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 the Alias my father

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

plans to a girl in the harem?” I

not read some of the

Corrigan

not even sleep with

into service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas

have told Jenny that, so she

with him and possessive of

you need to confront your mother

need to ask her; she better come clean

can just ruin the entire Volkov

marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into

down and haunting us.” She

decided I wouldn’t waste

returned to the estate in the morning, I would

our sakes so I can

dinner, and everyone joked about the things

loved her, and my mother

She was really delusional.

everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son,

if

she claimed my father took her son from her, but

not talk about it or tell

as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

the Volkov

to confirm with my

I

took the photocopied letter and knocked on my

make it hard for my

opened the door and was surprised to see

smiled and

have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with

and

I hope

are the

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

mother,”

have a private discussion with you,

me,” I said,

tell me the truth because what I

ruin

and tell me the truth, so I will know how to handle the situation,” I said, and

this, darling? I won’t lie to

and your know it,” She said, sounding a bit

what transpired between you

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

hello and reconcile, ” She said,

tell me the

have a letter

you wrote it and accusing you of killing

can you say such a thing about me? It is all

warned her to stop spewing that nonsense about

know how

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

when backed

I said, and she

my command through, and she reluctantly did as

he was unfair to

I know everything.

Alissa,

just need to know what to do,” I said and

“She is lying.

never

She said, and

I know, but he

care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family seat

lot of hurtful things to you,” I

did you know he tried to take my family seat from me?”

my head and

wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to

her where I wanted, so

that she knew I had information,

tell me you had

not have father killed.” I said, staring into her

tears were a dead

was shaking and