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.

harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the

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

might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I

read some of the

said that Leah Corrigan was never

even

in Grizlo, where she

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the lunas he

told Jenny that, so

with him and

to confront your mother on

her; she better come clean because

can just ruin the

coming, and we will soon welcome children

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

decided I wouldn’t

estate in the morning, I would

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

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

woman believed my father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him to keep

She was really delusional.

other than when she

if he had stopped

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

about it or tell us where

as if the baby had

It was weird.

Volkov

to confirm with my mother on

and I went to

I had settled in, I took the photocopied

hoped she did not make it hard for my sake because I

the door and

smiled and let

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

and thanked

I hope she

are the

going about with you,” she said,

fine, mother,” I

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

said,

me the

ruin our

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

like this, darling? I won’t lie to you

your know it,”

what transpired between you

you two, so I do not understand

to say hello and reconcile, ” She said,

tell me

letter from

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

you say such a thing

her to stop spewing that

not know how that

father..” She said, and I cut

always did that when backed into

me the truth, mother,” I said, and

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

he was unfair

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned

am not trying to judge you; I just need to know what to do,” I said and

“She is lying.

never

my husband.” She said, and I shook

but

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

to you,” I said, and she looked at

you know he tried to take my family seat from me?”

bowed my head and then

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

her where I wanted, so

information, she would not resolve

please tell me you had no

you did not have father killed.”

tears were

was shaking and