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.

was in the harem, but Jenny had also said only my mother knew the Alias my father

his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned

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

some of

Leah Corrigan was

not even

in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas

might have told Jenny that,

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

you need to confront your mother

she better come clean

can just ruin the entire Volkov

a marriage coming, and we will soon welcome children into

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

decided I wouldn’t

estate in the morning, I would

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

joked about

woman believed my father loved her, and

She was really delusional.

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

was as if

was an entry where she claimed my father took her son from

not talk about it or tell us where he was

the baby

It was weird.

the Volkov estate the

eager to confirm with my

and I went to

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

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

and

and let me

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

sat and thanked

Tamia? Is she alright? I hope she

are the

she said, and I smiled and

is fine, mother,” I said

a private discussion with you,

I said, and

me the truth

ruin

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

darling? I won’t lie to

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

transpired between

two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I said, and she became

hello and reconcile, ” She said, and I got

better tell

letter from Jenny’s

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

such a thing about me? It is all

stop spewing that nonsense

know how that bitch

father..” She said, and I cut her

did that when backed into

the truth, mother,” I said, and

my command through, and she

was unfair to

I know everything.

about Alissa, and I learned

to judge you; I just need

“She is lying.

can never

She said, and I

I know, but he hurt you,

her, murdered most of your family members, and tried

things to you,” I

he tried to take my

and then looked at

research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to

wanted, so it was time to ask

she knew I had information, she would

you had no hand in

that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.” I said, staring into her

were

was shaking and