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.

of her, but I had let

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

Stephanie went too far.

I hoped they reconcile.

the three lunas doing?”

never seen her

Her eyes shined brightly.

secrets were

wasn’t

Lady, these women want to have a monochromatic colour arrangement, and I keep telling them

beige which do not suit the

said

gotten the memo, but I

tone giving Stephanie all the respect and pleading with her to put us in our

did not put it that way, her actions and

need to watch your tone, Lacy,”

Mistresses?” She

Alpha Theodore Orlov’s mate and fiance; that is Avery, mate and fiance of Alpha Marcel Sidorov and this is Tamia, fiance and mate to the lord of the north and soon-to-be Lady of

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

told her it was okay and to get

women from the harem,” Stephanie said while Lacy

oversee the events, but it had been three years since they

silly to think that

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

are playing croquet,” Stephanie asked me and

hand on my flat

he said it will be good exercise,” I argued,

on my watch,

my grandbaby growing in

both of you to be

take up

sitting next to me and

Linda,” She said, and I knew it would make

to

do

we don’t want

I

to have babies too, “She confessed, and we all laughed

overthink it and try to rest a bit more,” Stephanie

I want to play croquet,” Linda said,

I do anything physically

is getting to

and I could see her

few, Linda; that is why

is the only child of his

anything to happen to

to him,” She pleaded, and Linda

said I could play croquet since the doctor approved,” She said, and Stephanie

eyes pleaded with her to allow me to join in the

team from the seat,” She

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

I had Ice cream.

the whole place was lively, only for Pamela

anyone from the council gave

and

but I told her not

had stopped her because I did not want

looked at Linda’s

kept a man,” She

isn’t the council, and she isn’t a

they are just girlfriends until the wedding takes place and the claiming is

alphas can change their minds before then, and even the

set