Shadows of Destiny

Planing A Ball -Tamia- A week passed, and Sylvester and I did not mention what we knew.

We did not even speak of it in private.

We had utterly buried it, and Stephanie was grateful.

Glenda and Dominic were at it again, and Sylvester was planning to move them to the house’s east wing because they fought in the halls at night.

They fought about everything.

Sometimes I would hear Dominic end it, and they would get back together within minutes.

They were psychos, and even though I knew Maurice was a douchebag, I could understand why he did not deem Dominic worthy of anything.

There was no way Dominic would be able to lead the council.

He was controlled by his emotions and did not have a mind of his own.

I was glad his relationship with Larry was strained, and Larry had started trying to cosy up to Sylvester.

The old man had no shame.

Linda had turned Jenny’s journals into her book of jokes.

The woman was delusional, and it showed in her entries.

We would often joke about some things she said during dinner.

It was great.

While we did that, we practised croquet because that was the only sport we were allowed to partake in, due to our conditions.

We planned our uniforms and our mates’ polo team uniforms.

I was serious about the black and white uniforms.

So I had them make the same for our croquet team.

The women in the harem that were on our team, most especially Katya, asked of Lilly, but we did not tell them anything.

The investigators had searched the women in the harem, and nothing was found on them, leaving Lilly and Sofia Malek as the only culprits.

They were going to be judged and punished for all to see, but it would have to be after the games.

In the meantime, they were languishing in a cell in the estate.

We were supposed to send them to the council prison, but we needed to find out the people she worked for.

We needed to protect ourselves and our investigation.

Due to these reasons, we kept their arrest and imprisonment a secret.

“Tamia,” Stephanie called out to me in the great hall of the estate, where the VIP ball would take place; Alphas and sports team captains with the council members will be attending.

We planned on using the eastern garden and the hall as the venue because we doubted we could contain all the guests in the hall.

We had a professional event planner, Lacy Brian, planning the ball, but I had to keep busy, so my friends and I decided we would supervise the event planner.

The woman was rude and did not respect us.

Lacy felt we had no say, but we were stubborn about what we wanted.

I fought the urge to report her to Sylvester.

I had to make people respect me without getting my man involved all the time.

My friends understood my reason and decided to follow in my footsteps by unapologetically insisting she does what we want.

We were standing in the hall going through the colours with the event planner when Stephanie joined us.

and Linda were weary of her, but I had let the bad blood

wasn’t over the name- calling yet, and I didn’t

Stephanie went too far.

I hoped they reconcile.

three lunas doing?” Stephaine said with brilliant-looking

seen her

Her eyes shined brightly.

were

wasn’t burdened by

these women want to have a monochromatic colour arrangement, and I keep telling them it isn’t nice for the

brown and green and beige which do not suit

way she said it that made

the memo, but

the respect and pleading with her to put

though she did not put it that way, her

watch your tone, Lacy,”

these women are? Mistresses?” She

Avery, mate and fiance of Alpha Marcel Sidorov and this is Tamia, fiance and mate to the lord of the

colour drained from her face, and she went on her knees and bore her neck to me to apologise for her

okay and to

were women from the harem,” Stephanie said

with usually oversee the events, but

silly to think that

on her behalf,” Stephanie said, and I nodded,

Stephanie asked me

hand on my flat tummy

he said it will be good exercise,” I argued, smiling at her,

on my watch,

grandbaby growing in

both of you to

take

sitting next to me and cheering our

I knew it would make

to smile

should do the same,

be pregnant, but we don’t want

I

too, “She confessed, and

try to rest a bit more,” Stephanie said, advising

I want to play croquet,” Linda said, and I knew she wouldn’t

I do anything

getting

want to move about the place,” She said, and I could see her tiny bump

Linda;

only child of his

happen to

She

could play croquet since the doctor

eyes pleaded with her to allow

will cheer your team from the seat,” She said, and I

on one of the tables, and they served us juice and

I had Ice cream.

about many things, and the whole place was lively, only for Pamela to grace us with

the council gave

greeted Stephanie and did not bother to greet

but I told her not

ever acknowledge us?” Linda asked her, and I honestly wished I had stopped her because I did not want to get into an altercation with the old

at

man,” She said, and

tongue, Pamela, this isn’t the council, and she

it, but they are just girlfriends until the wedding takes place and the

change their minds before then, and even

isn’t set in