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.

also said only

him? Tamia

that my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in

not read some of the records

said that Leah Corrigan was never in the

did not even

in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas

told Jenny that, so she would not be

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

to confront

to ask her; she better come clean because

ruin the entire

a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into this

us down and haunting us.” She said,

wouldn’t waste any

to the estate in the morning, I would ask my

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

everyone joked about the things they read

father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him to

She was really delusional.

thing that troubled everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son, she never talked

if

my father took her son from her, but that was

did not talk about it or

the

It was weird.

the Volkov estate

with

I went to

took the photocopied letter and knocked

not make it hard for my sake because I

and was surprised

and let me

to come looking for me this

and

Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she is eating and

are the early

shouldn’t be going about with you,” she said, and

mother,” I said and

discussion with you, and

said, and

need you to tell me the truth because what

ruin our

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

darling? I won’t lie to you

your know it,” She said, sounding

know what transpired between you

two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in

say hello and reconcile, ” She said,

tell

letter

it and accusing you of killing father,” I said,

such a thing about me?

her to stop spewing

know how that

father..” She said, and I cut her sentence

always did that when

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

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

was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned other

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

“She is lying.

never hurt

husband.” She said, and I shook

know, but

murdered

of hurtful things to you,” I said,

did you know he tried to take my

bowed my head and then looked

and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family

so

had information,

me you had no hand in

me that Jenny is lying and you did not have

tears were a dead

was shaking