Shadows of Destiny

Dilemma ~Sylvester~ I remained speechless in my office, and my mother stared at me.

She looked genuinely worried, and I knew why.

I wanted to speak, but she interrupted me.

“That girl has been through a lot, and she loves you with all her heart, Sylvester, do not break Tamia’s heart,” She said with tears forming in her eyes.

“I used to want a daughter so badly, but I never had one.

Tamia feels like my blood.” She said and wiped away her tears.

“I love her, Sylvester, and I love what you two have.

Please,” She said and put her hand together to beg me.

“Do not break my Tamia’s heart.

I know Susan is your first love, and you never got over her, but please; Tamia deserves better.

Your wedding and claiming ceremony is seven weeks from now; please do not disappoint her and me.

If you do, I will leave with her and my grandchild, and I will forget that you are my son,” She said with conviction in her eyes, and I knew she wasn’t lying.

3 “Why do you think I will be conflicted where Susan is concerned?” I asked her, and she composed herself.

“Because you keep your promises, Sylvester.

You swore you would never settle down until she came back.

You said you would find her and bring her back to make her your luna.

You have remained single all this while, and that bitch Pamela said everything isn’t set in stone.

Please, my son.

Susan gave up on you and ran away.

She should have hung around, fated or not.

She should have waited to see what you would do, but she had no faith in you and left you alone with nothing but a letter and a broken heart.

Do not destroy Tamia for her sake.

I plead with you.

I know you had a strong feeling for that girl, but she isn’t worth it.

Please,” She said, and I felt terrible that my mother would think I would hurt Tamia for Susan’s sake.

“I love Tamia, and she is carrying my baby.

I can never hurt her,” I said, and she nodded.

She did not believe me, it was in her eyes, and it annoyed me a bit.

“I am nothing like my father, mother.

I will never hurt the woman I love.

Tamia has no family but us; I can never be cruel.

I will die without her,” I said, and my mother studied my eyes and nodded.

“That was all I came to tell you; I will take my leave now,” she said and got up.

“Mother,” I called her attention, and she stopped to listen to me.

“Do not tell her about Susan.

Allow me to do it myself, please,” I pleaded with her, and she hesitated before nodding, and then she left.

I sat at my desk, and my heart was still racing.

Why would Susan come now after eleven years? Why will she come to the north? Why would Nikolay Sullivan come with her? Was she playing on the Polo team? I remembered how we learned horse riding and played Polo and Polocrosse together.

an interest in the sport because of her, and it has remained my favourite since

had picked up the pieces of the heart

act when I saw her, and I did not know how I

doing, if she

she married? Did she have children? Was she happy? Those questions

did together, and the pain of her abandonment returned to me as I fought back my anger and tears sitting in

I could gather my thoughts and put my emotions

office phone rang, and it snapped me out of the deep

I said, and it

have called her first thing in the

had finally called

he was

get involved and arrest him,” she confessed, and I was sad because it meant we wouldn’t learn more

I asked her,

is why I called

spokesman Jacob Mikhailov.” She said, and I felt relief wash through me as I finally had a name that led to someone on

funding an extremist group that seeks democracy and Liberation,” She said,

council in charge while

he quickly gave up names

of this?” I asked her, and

and told him he would be

begged for a lesser sentence in exchange for information.” She said, and I

someone that believed in the

well, transport him here secretly for

my

but my heart wasn’t

whole Susan thing had

much happening at once, and I needed

and the spinning situation to stop, but I knew it wouldn’t, and

Mikhailov arrested, but I would instead do it after

would disrupt the games or interfere with the investigations that would occur during

traitors to be relaxed and

we could

documents in the office and

I joined Marcel and Theo at the stables

and I needed the thought of her to

hard until I was

lunch and remained outside, trying to free my mind

sat by the cliff and wondered what I would

stables when

looked at me with her green eyes; she was worried; I could tell,

to her,

had not seen her the whole day, and I

acting like this? What was I worried about?

She said to me, and I rubbed her back gently, then began

to her, releasing my

are

that sent him the money, and they are funding a group that wants to remove the lordship, place the council

bring him here so we can interrogate him properly,” I said aloud,

about Jacob?” He asked, and

him continue to believe his secret is

them to

someone to watch him and study his activities

I said, and

of the meal

was apparent that I wasn’t in high spirits, but I tried to keep it

Tamia and

in silence, and she

not read

tell if she was angry or just giving

and

to check my computer for emails, but there was

was done, she had exited the bathroom in her night dress with

had taken a quick shower, and she

asked me with a smile, and I

wash through me because I realised she was just giving me

mad