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.

but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias my father used

opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to

that my father might have divulged his travelling plans to a girl in the harem?” I asked, and

read some of

said that Leah Corrigan was never in the

not even sleep with

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

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the

Jenny that, so she would not be

her journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive of him, too,” I said, and

to confront your

she better come clean because

ruin the

have a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into this

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

wouldn’t

in the

truth for all our

joked about the

loved her, and my mother

She was really delusional.

other than when

was as if he

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

did not talk about it or tell us where he was

if the

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the next

was eager to confirm with my mother on the

and I went

in, I took the photocopied

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

door and was surprised to see

and

for you to come looking for me this morning, ” She said with a smile and offered

and

is Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she

are the

shouldn’t be going about with you,” she said, and I

fine, mother,” I said and

to have a private discussion with you,

said, and

to tell me the truth

ruin

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

this, darling? I won’t lie to you

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

to know what transpired between you and

I do not understand why she would visit you in our

hello and reconcile, ” She said, and

tell

letter

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

a thing about me? It is

warned her to stop spewing that

do not know how that

She said, and

did that when backed into

mother,” I said,

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

he was unfair

I know everything.

me about Alissa, and I

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

“She is lying.

can never hurt

said, and I shook my

I know, but he

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

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

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

head and then looked

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

had her where I wanted, so it was time

had information, she would

you had

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

were a

shaking and