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.

had also said only

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

not read some of the records in

Corrigan was never in

even

was thrown into service in

“Maybe she was misinformed.

all

have told Jenny that, so she would not be

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

to confront your

she better come

can just ruin the entire

marriage coming, and we will soon

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

wouldn’t

we returned to the estate in the morning,

tells the truth for all our sakes

about the things they

her, and my mother

She was really delusional.

was that other than when she mentioned her

if he had stopped

Theodore, there was an entry where she claimed my father took her son from her, but that was

did not talk about it or tell us where he was

the baby had

It was weird.

left for the Volkov estate the

with my

I went

in, I took the photocopied letter and

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

the door and was surprised to

and

for me this morning, ” She said with a

sat and

she alright? I hope

are the

about with you,” she said,

is fine, mother,” I

private discussion with

said, and

the truth because what I discovered

can ruin

truth, so I will know how to

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

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

want to know what transpired between you and Jenny

do not understand why she would visit you

hello and reconcile, ” She said,

better tell me the

have a letter from

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

can you say such a thing

stop spewing that nonsense

know how that bitch

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

did that when

truth, mother,” I said,

her, letting my command through, and she reluctantly

know he was

I know everything.

Alissa, and I

just need to know what

“She is lying.

can never hurt

was my husband.” She said, and I shook my

know, but

murdered most of

you,” I said, and she looked at me,

know he tried to take my family seat

my head and then

wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son,

where I wanted, so it was time

had information,

tell me you had no hand

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

tears were a

shaking and