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.

the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother

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

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

of

Leah Corrigan was never in

even sleep with

was thrown into service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

father slept with all the lunas he

might have told Jenny that, so she would not

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

to confront

her; she better come clean

can just ruin the entire Volkov

marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into this

weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand her fear and

wouldn’t

in the morning, I would

our sakes so I can

joked about

and my mother

She was really delusional.

other than when she mentioned her son, she

was as if

where she claimed my father took her son from her, but that was

it or

if the baby had

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the

confirm with my mother on the

and I went

Tamia and I had settled in, I took

did not make it hard for my sake

door and was surprised to

and

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

sat and

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

are the

about with you,” she

mother,” I said and

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

said, and

you to tell me the truth

ruin our

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

darling? I won’t

it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt, and

want to know what transpired

so I do not understand why

and reconcile, ” She said, and I

better tell me

a letter from Jenny’s

claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I said, and she stood up

say such a thing about me?

her to stop spewing that nonsense

do not know how

She said, and I cut her

that when

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

command

was unfair to

I know everything.

Alissa, and I

I just need to know what to do,” I

“She is lying.

can never hurt

my husband.” She said, and I shook

but

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

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

tried to take my family seat from me?” She asked me

my head and then looked

that father wanted to

her where I wanted, so

information, she would

please tell me you had

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

were a

was shaking and