Shadows of Destiny

The Snapping Of Bonds ~Sylvester~ I heard my mother enter our room, and I wondered what she wanted with Tamia; I was still battling with my cufflink, so I remained.

I didn’t interrupt her.

My mother’s words touched my heart.

I knew Susan had been trying to reach me since she arrived but ignored her.

Glenda had come to see me in the office twice, and by the third time, I had banned her from my wing.

The woman was obnoxious hence why Dominic still found it hard to commit to her fully.

I was sure that if Dominic met someone like Tamia, he would change.

I had to ask her how she would feel if I tried to turn Dominic away from her, and she got the message.

I thought it was stupid of her to try to get me to see Susan knowing that I was mated to Tamia.

I was glad that my mother took the initiative.

I exited the closet when my mother left and saw Tamia.

She looked breathtaking.

If the event wasn’t important, I would have peeled off her clothes and taken her on the spot.

Her tummy was flat, and I wished her bump was showing like Linda’s just so Leo would know to keep off.

I trusted my woman and knew she would only have eyes for me.

I also took comfort in the fact that Devin would not be attending the event.

I did not know his reasons, but Marcel had put someone to watch him, just in case he was up to no good.

I still could not forget that he believed he should be lord because he killed my father.

Inviting Devin without my consent was going to cost Joan and Pamela.

I just needed the games to be over before I made my move.

We arrived at the ballroom and everyone stared at us.

I heard the whispers, and I ignored them.

It was mainly envious folks.

They made it sound like I took someone’s wife and made Tamia seem like she was a social climber.

I was glad Tamia wasn’t listening or maybe she heard and just chose to ignore it.

Either way, her mood wasn’t affected.

I did not miss the multiple lustful eyes that looked at Tamia; I had to growl to make them stop, but there were people that couldn’t help it.

My mate and soon–to–be wife had that effect.

She was captivating.

We sat at the table, joining my friends, their mates and my mother.

I did not miss the eastern Alphas that angrily left the hall.

With how they looked at Marcel and Theo, I figured they were Avery and Linda’s exes, and I knew the women were enjoying it.

The Alphas lined up to greet me, and when it was Leo’s turn, I could see he had it bad.

The man seemed like he had fallen on hard times.

He had dark circles, and his eyes weren’t lively.

He stared at Tamia with regret and longing but dared not express it.

Tamia was no longer a member of his pack, so he could not link her.

He walked away and I could tell he wished things had happened differently.

If it weren’t for the letters exchanged between us, I might have beat him up for what he did to Tamia, but all was water under the bridge now.

I had fun at the party and Tamia and I danced and socialised with people.

went to sit at our table

She looked elegant.

good, and I knew it was

kept it together; there was no time that I wouldn’t have to face her; besides, she was the one who left

was still thinking of how to handle seeing her when the scent

Roses and mint.

head, and he began to

overwhelming giddiness in me,

eyes stayed glued to

faded in

my lips were begging

No one existed.

Nothing mattered.

her and our

my lips effortlessly, and

did not hear her voice, but I read her lips, and she was coming for

to take her

swirl of colours blurred out the crowd, making me zero in on

focus, the centre of my

it poking at the sides of my

wanted was

was her, and Knight wanted to

out to

I just wanted Sussan.

Knight kept saying, and her scent filled my

but

Susan walked towards us.

howling in my head, and I knew I needed to take

with his animalistic side;

not know why I was fighting him, but I

felt utterly wrong about

scent because it

in, all the emotions I buried and

when I had no care in the

fought and then remembered that she left and I was broken,

came to

the moment I lifted her chin and gazed into her eyes to the promises I made her, our baby and

soothing as the feeling was, I had to

my being wanted Susan, Knight wanted

with all

could not do

not

confidently, and I could see she

the mate role, and I felt people were

spoke to me, and I felt Tamia get

not let her leave like

did not have complete control, but I held her wrist to stop her from

if she

through the

heard a loud

taken the crowd’s attention from us, but I could

hard to snap in place, and

fought Knight while I spoke to

looked at Tamia, and it

had no right, and I wasn’t going to give

Tamia was what gave me

cut through my chest as I felt something

I let Tamia lead me out

but felt the drain of strength

was so strong that Knight began to howl and

the happiness

empty

was a strange feeling, one

me, and I

got to the room, and

complete agony and felt like I would

Knight went crazy.

I heard Tamia mumble something, but I could

and my energy

understood why people feared

pain was excruciatingly