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.

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

up the pieces of the heart that

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

returned to me as I fought back my anger and tears

could gather my thoughts

rang, and it snapped me out of the deep thought

and it

thing in the morning,

finally

Bricks noticed he was trailed,

she confessed, and I was sad because it meant we wouldn’t learn more

I

is why I called

I felt relief wash through me as I finally had a name that led to

funding an extremist group that seeks democracy

to eliminate the lordship and put the council

gave up names and

he tell you all of this?” I asked her,

tortured him and told him he would be tried for

information.” She said, and I realised he wasn’t as loyal as his

sound like someone

him here secretly for questioning,” I told her

ran my fingers through my hair, feeling

was good news, but

Susan thing

much happening at once, and

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

was tempted to have Jacob Mikhailov arrested, but I

games or interfere with the investigations that

to be relaxed and follow their

we could

some documents in the office and went

joined Marcel and Theo

plagued my mind, and I needed the thought of her

so hard until I was

outside, trying to

cliff and wondered what I would

when it was dinner time, showered,

dining room, and Tamia looked at me with her green eyes; she was worried;

sit next to her, and she smiled at

seen her the whole day,

was I acting like this? What was I worried about? “You locked everyone

to me, and I rubbed her back gently,

her, releasing my mind to communicate through

have arrested Bricks and are

they are funding a group that wants to remove the lordship, place the council in charge and liberate the people of the regions by

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

He asked, and I shook my

to believe his secret

to make

to watch him and study his

help.” I said, and

the rest of

high spirits, but I tried

we finished, and Tamia and

in silence, and she did not

not read

not tell if she was angry or just

entered the room, and

to check my computer for emails, but there was

the time I was done, she had exited the bathroom in her

had taken a quick shower, and she looked

asked me with a

I realised she was

mad at