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

up the pieces of the heart that she shattered and moved on? I was

would act when I saw her, and I

wondered how she was doing, if she was okay, and what she looked

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

abandonment returned to me as I fought back my anger and tears sitting in the

blocked everyone from the mind link so I could gather my

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

and

her first thing in the morning, but many

finally

noticed he was

get involved and arrest him,” she confessed, and I was sad because it meant

I asked

why

said, and I felt relief wash through me as I finally

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

eliminate the lordship and put the council

why he quickly gave up names and told Noel

of

told him he would be tried for

lesser sentence in exchange for information.” She said, and I realised he wasn’t as loyal as his recruiters

someone that

him here secretly for questioning,” I told her

my fingers through my hair, feeling frustrated

was good news, but my heart wasn’t

Susan thing had destabilised

so much happening at once, and

noise to quiet down and the spinning situation to stop, but I knew it wouldn’t, and it was getting to

arrested, but

did not want to do anything that would disrupt the games or interfere with

be

could

attended to some documents in the office

training, I joined Marcel and Theo at the stables to practice

needed the thought of her

so hard until

outside, trying to free my mind of what

sat by the cliff and

when it was dinner time, showered,

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

next to her, and she smiled at

her the whole

was I worried about? “You locked everyone out of

and I rubbed

I said to her, releasing my mind to

arrested Bricks and are bringing him here

they are funding a group that wants to remove the lordship, place the council in charge and

can

about Jacob?” He asked, and I shook

him continue to believe

want them to make more

watch him

could help.” I said, and Marcel

rest of the

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

we finished, and Tamia and I

walked in silence, and she

not read

if she was angry or just giving me

entered the room, and she

went to check my computer for emails,

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

had taken a quick

with a smile, and

wash through me because I realised she was just

mad at