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

betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the

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

did not read some of the records in

Corrigan was never in the

did not even

in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

slept with all the

might have told Jenny that, so

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

confront your mother on

to ask her; she better come clean because this is

just ruin the entire

coming, and we will soon welcome children into this

us down and haunting us.” She said, and I could

I wouldn’t waste any

we returned to the estate in the morning, I

truth for all our sakes so I can figure out what

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

father loved her, and my mother was blackmailing him

She was really delusional.

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

as if he had

my father

or tell us where he was

as if the baby had stopped

It was weird.

Volkov estate the next

confirm with my mother

arrived, and I

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

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

and

and let

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

and

Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she is

the

going about with you,” she said,

fine, mother,” I

private discussion with you, and

said,

me the truth because what I discovered

ruin

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

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

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

to know what transpired between

not understand why she would visit you

just came to say hello and reconcile,

tell me the

have a letter from

of

such a thing about me? It

her to stop

know how

father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her

always did that when

truth, mother,” I said, and she shook

down,” I told her, letting my command

was unfair

I know everything.

about Alissa,

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

“She is lying.

can never hurt

said, and

know, but he

care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family

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

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

my head and then looked

wrote to you to alert you that father wanted

where I wanted, so

she knew I had information, she would not

you had no hand

you did not have father killed.” I said, staring

tears were a dead

shaking