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

opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned

have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the

some of the

that Leah Corrigan was

not even sleep with

in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas he

might have told Jenny that, so she would not be

is obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,” I said,

need to confront

ask her; she better come clean because this is

just ruin the

a marriage coming, and we

haunting us.” She said, and I

I wouldn’t waste any

we returned to the estate in the morning, I would ask

our sakes so

about the things they read in Jenny’s

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

She was really delusional.

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

was as if he had stopped

claimed my father took her son from

not talk about it or tell

if the baby had

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the next

eager to confirm with my mother on the

I went

in, I took

not make it hard for my sake because I was tired of

mother opened the door and was surprised to

smiled and let me

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

and thanked

is Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she is

are the

be going about with you,” she said,

fine, mother,”

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

said,

need you to tell me the truth because

ruin our

you to come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how to handle the situation,” I

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

know it,” She said, sounding a bit

to know what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

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

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

you better tell me

letter

accusing you of

say such a thing about me? It

her to stop spewing that

not know

and I cut her sentence to stop her from

always did that when

I said,

command through,

know he was

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and

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

“She is lying.

can never hurt

said, and I shook my

but he

murdered most of your

to you,” I said, and

take my family seat from me?”

head and then looked

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

her where I wanted, so it was time to ask

I had information,

please tell me you had no hand

lying and you did not have father killed.” I

tears were

was shaking and