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

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

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

read some of the

Corrigan was

not even

in Grizlo, where she

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all

might have told Jenny that, so she would not

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

to confront your

ask her; she better come clean

just ruin the

marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into

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

I wouldn’t waste any

estate in the morning,

for all our sakes so I can figure out

everyone joked about

my 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 about

if he had

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

it or tell us where he

if the baby had

It was weird.

Volkov

to confirm with

and I went to my

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

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

opened the door and was surprised to see

and let me

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

and thanked

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

are the early

with you,” she said, and I smiled and leaned

is fine, mother,” I said and

with you, and I need you

me,” I said, and her smile

me the truth because what I discovered is

can ruin our

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

speaking like this, darling? I won’t lie

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

want to know what transpired between

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

and reconcile, ” She said,

you better tell

have a letter from Jenny’s

record claiming you wrote it and accusing you of

such a thing about me? It is

her to stop spewing that nonsense about

know how that bitch

said, and I cut her sentence to stop her

that when backed

I said, and she shook

I told her, letting my command

was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned other

trying to judge you; I just need to know

“She is lying.

can never hurt

my husband.” She said, and I shook

but

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

a lot of hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked at

know he tried to take my family seat from

my head and then looked at

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

had her where I wanted, so

that she knew I had information, she would not resolve to

tell me you had no

me that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.” I said, staring into her

tears were a

was shaking