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.

of her, and it has remained my

of the heart that she

I would act when I saw her,

if she

Was she happy? Those questions

pain of her abandonment returned to me as I fought back my anger and tears

could

snapped me out of the deep thought I

and it

thing in the morning, but many things distracted me from

had finally

was trailed,

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

now?” I asked her, and

why

said, and I felt relief wash through me as I finally had a name that led to someone on the

democracy and Liberation,” She said, and

want to eliminate the lordship and put the council in charge

why he quickly gave up names and

tell you all of this?” I asked

him and told him he

exchange for information.” She said, and I realised he wasn’t as loyal as his recruiters might have needed him

like someone that believed in the

transport him here secretly for questioning,” I told her

through my

but my

Susan thing had

was so much happening at once, and I needed a

and the spinning situation to stop, but I knew it

Mikhailov arrested, but I would

would disrupt the games or interfere with the investigations that would

to be relaxed and follow

could catch

to some documents in the

joined Marcel and Theo at the stables

and I needed the thought of her to

so hard until I

and remained outside, trying to free my mind of

sat by the cliff and

back to the stables when it was

Tamia looked at me with her green eyes; she was

next to her, and she

her the whole day, and I felt

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

alright,” She said to me, and I rubbed

love,” I said to her, releasing my mind to communicate

and are bringing

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

can

asked, and I shook my

continue to

to

to watch him and study

I said,

ate the rest of

I wasn’t in high

finished, and Tamia and I got

walked in silence, and she did

could not read

she was angry

and she went to

computer for emails, but there was

done, she had exited

a quick shower, and

with a

relief wash through me because I realised she

wasn’t mad