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

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

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

of the

that Leah Corrigan was never in the

even

in Grizlo, where she died.”

“Maybe she was misinformed.

with all the lunas he

have told Jenny that, so she would not be

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

need to confront your mother on

ask her; she better come clean because this is

ruin the entire Volkov

and we will soon welcome children into this

do not need lies and secrets weighing us down and haunting us.” She said,

wouldn’t waste any

to the estate in the morning, I would ask my

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

everyone joked about the

woman believed my father loved her, and

She was really delusional.

everyone was that other than when she

was as if he

my

not talk about it or tell us where he was

was as if the

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the next

to confirm with my

I went to my

in, I took the

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

opened the door and was surprised

smiled and

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

and

is Tamia? Is she alright? I hope

the early

with you,” she said, and I

mother,”

to have a private discussion with you, and I need you to be

me,” I said, and her smile

to tell me the truth because what I discovered

can ruin

so I will know how to handle the

darling? I

and your know it,”

transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence

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

say hello and reconcile, ” She said, and

you better tell me

a letter

of

such a thing about me? It is

stop spewing that nonsense

know how that bitch

obsessed with your father..” She said, and I cut her

that when backed

truth, mother,” I said, and she

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

he was unfair to

I know everything.

Alissa,

not trying to judge you; I just need

“She is lying.

can never hurt

husband.” She said, and

I know, but

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

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

my family seat from me?” She

my head and then looked

to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his

had her where I wanted, so it was time to

knew I had information, she would not

please tell me you had

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

tears were a

was shaking