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 said only my mother knew

it be possible that he discussed his trip with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence,

father might have divulged his travelling plans to

of the records in

Leah Corrigan was never in

even sleep with

thrown into service in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

father slept with all the lunas he

told Jenny that, so she would not

obsessed with him and

you need to confront

ask her; she better come clean

can just ruin the

have a marriage coming, and we will soon

do not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could understand her fear and her

decided I wouldn’t waste

estate in the morning, I

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

had dinner, and everyone joked about the things they read in

believed my father loved her, and my

She was really delusional.

thing that troubled everyone was that other than when

if he

was an entry where she claimed my father took

about it or

as if the baby had

It was weird.

Volkov estate the

with my

I went to my

in, I took the photocopied

she did not make it hard for my sake because

door and

smiled and let me

for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She

sat and thanked

alright? I hope she is

are the

she said, and I smiled

is fine, mother,” I said and

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

I said, and

tell me the truth because what I discovered is

can ruin our

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

you speaking like this, darling? I

it,”

I want to know what transpired

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

came to say hello and reconcile, ” She

tell me the

a letter from

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

thing about me? It is

warned her to stop spewing

know how that

your father..” She said, and

that when backed

the truth, mother,” I said, and she

told her, letting my command through, and

was unfair to

I know everything.

told me about Alissa, and

you; I just need to know what to do,”

“She is lying.

can never hurt

was my husband.” She said, and I shook

but he

his fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members,

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

my family seat from

head and

a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give

had her where I wanted, so it was time

she knew I had information, she would

me you had no hand in

not

were

was shaking