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.

also said only my mother knew the Alias my

with one of his girls, and she opted to betray him? Tamia and I returned upstairs to pack the evidence, and I decided to talk to her about

divulged his travelling plans to a

some of the

said that Leah Corrigan was

did not even sleep

service in Grizlo, where she died.” Tamia

“Maybe she was misinformed.

father slept with all the lunas

might have told Jenny that, so she

journals, Tamia; you know she is obsessed with him and possessive of

confront your

need to ask her; she better come clean because this

can just ruin the entire

we will soon welcome children into this

down and haunting us.” She

I wouldn’t

the estate in the morning,

truth for all our sakes so I

had dinner, and everyone joked about

believed my father loved her, and my mother

She was really delusional.

everyone was that other than when she mentioned her son, she

was as if he had

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

it or tell

the

It was weird.

for the Volkov estate

eager to confirm with my mother on

and I went

Tamia and I had settled in, I took the photocopied

make it hard for my sake because I was tired

opened the door and was

smiled and

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

sat and thanked

alright? I hope she is

are the early

going about with you,” she said,

mother,” I said and

discussion with

me,” I said, and her smile

the truth because what

can ruin

come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how to handle the situation,” I said, and she

this, darling?

brother, and your know it,” She

want to know what transpired between you and

understand why she would visit you in our house,” I

to say hello and reconcile, ”

you better tell me

a letter

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

a thing about me? It is

to stop spewing that nonsense about

do not know how

was obsessed with your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her

did that when backed into a

truth, mother,” I said,

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

was unfair to

I know everything.

Alissa, and I learned other

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

“She is lying.

never hurt

was my husband.” She said, and

but he hurt you,

her, murdered most of your family members,

you,” I

to take my family seat from me?” She

head and then looked at

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

wanted, so it

that she knew I had information, she would

you

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

were a dead

was shaking and