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 knew the Alias my

him? Tamia and I returned

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

some of the records in the

said that Leah Corrigan

even sleep with

into service in Grizlo, where

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all the lunas he

Jenny that, so she would not

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

to confront your mother

to ask her; she better come

ruin

a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children

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

I wouldn’t

to the estate in the morning, I would

truth for all our sakes so I can figure out what

about the things they read in Jenny’s

her, and

She was really delusional.

was that other than when she mentioned her son,

was as if

she claimed my father took her son from her, but

it or tell

the baby had stopped

It was weird.

for the Volkov

confirm with

I went to my

Tamia and I had settled in, I took the photocopied letter

it hard for my sake because I was tired of the

mother opened the door and was

and

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

sat and thanked

Is she alright? I hope she

are the

with you,” she said, and I smiled and

mother,” I said and

have a private discussion with

said, and

need you to tell me the truth because

ruin our

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

are you speaking like this, darling? I won’t lie

love you and your brother, and your know it,” She

know what transpired between

not understand why she would visit you

just came to say hello and reconcile, ” She said, and I got

you better tell me

have a letter from Jenny’s

a record claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I

say such a thing about me? It is

warned her to stop spewing that nonsense about

not know how that bitch

said, and I cut her sentence to stop

when

truth, mother,” I said, and

my command through, and she reluctantly did as

know he was

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned

just need to know what to do,” I said and

“She is lying.

never

was my husband.” She said, and

but he hurt

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

you,” I

know he tried to take my family

head and then looked

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

her where I wanted, so it was time to

information, she would not resolve to

please tell me you had

Jenny is lying and you did not have father

were a dead

was shaking and