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.

she was in the harem, but Jenny had also

possible that he discussed his trip with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I

divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked,

not read some of

Leah Corrigan

even sleep with

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

“Maybe she was misinformed.

father slept with all the

that, so she would not be

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

need to confront

need to ask her; she better

just ruin the entire Volkov

we will

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

I wouldn’t

returned to the estate in the morning, I would ask

the truth for all our sakes so I can figure out what to

everyone joked about the things they read in Jenny’s

believed my father loved her, and my

She was really delusional.

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

as if he

my father took her

or tell

was as if the

It was weird.

the Volkov estate

with my mother on

I went

settled in, I took the photocopied

hoped she did not make it hard for my

door and was surprised to see

smiled and let

have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning,

sat and thanked

Is she alright? I hope she

are the early

she said, and I smiled and

fine, mother,” I

have a private discussion with you, and I

I said,

tell me the truth

ruin

come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know

this, darling? I

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

transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

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

say hello and reconcile, ”

tell

a letter

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

say such a thing about me? It is all

stop spewing that

not know how that

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

always did that when backed into

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

command through, and she reluctantly did as I

he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I learned

am not trying to judge you; I just need to

“She is lying.

can never hurt

my husband.” She said, and

know, but

murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family

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

tried to take my family seat from

head and then

that father wanted to give your

wanted, so

I had information, she would not

please tell me you had

did not have

were a dead

shaking and