Shadows of Destiny

A Partial Claim ~Sylvester~ We returned home, and Tamia and I went to our bedroom to change.

The moment we entered our bedroom, I pulled her close to me.

“We should change and have dinner with everyone, deal with the Lily situation and then maybe you will choose to spend time with me tonight instead of your friends,” Tamia said to me and moved away.

I could smell her arousal, but she wanted me to work for it.

I understood her point and quickly changed into something simple.

I wanted to get the dinner over and return to spend time with my woman.

We headed downstairs, and I was surprised to see Katya at the table.

She looked nervous, but Tamia smiled at her, making her relax.

Glenda, whom I had banned from the table, was there too, and I looked at Dominic, who shrugged.

Not wanting to embarrass him, I let it rest.

“Hope you will be of best behaviour tonight, Glenda?” Tamia asked her, and she stood up and greeted Tamia and me respectfully.

I knew it was a pretence, and when I looked at my mother, I saw her rolling her eyes at what Glenda did.

Katya was sitting next to her.

“I invited her to join us,” My mother said quickly, and as much as I wanted to pretend not to know what she was doing, I knew exactly what she was doing.

She was trying to separate Dominic from Glenda.

Honestly, I was in support because the girl was just toxic.

1 I somehow believed Glenda had forced herself to join us, leaving Dominic to take responsibility for it.

It was just so low of her.

Avery and Marcel joined us; they looked like they had done something before coming down.

They smelled like it, and I looked at Tamia, who looked away from me, knowing exactly what she did.

Linda and Theo joined us, and the butler soon ushered Lily in.

She was very nervous and was made to sit next to Katya.

Dinner was served, and we ate quickly.

I wanted it over with.

“The game against the East was brutal,” Dominic said, and we laughed.

He wasn’t in on the plan.

“It was intentional,” Tamia told him, and I watched it click in his eyes.

“My, I learned those alphas were in the infirmary for a while, especially the red- haired, Nikson,” he said, trying to remember Kyle’s name, and we all laughed.

Honestly, beating him up physically and stripping him of his alpha status would have been the best punishment, but we did not want something that would cause a war between us, so we had to settle.

1 While we discussed the events, I wondered what Leo wanted to discuss with me.

It must have been important for him to go through the trouble of signing up for a sport in which he had no skill.

I also commend him because he played well.

We would have still won without the brutality, but the fact that they scored some points meant they put some effort into it.

After dinner, Tamia and I led Lily to the mini office in the duplex.

She was nervous, and she ought to be.

I wasn’t over her betraying and trying to ruin me.

If it weren’t for the fact that we needed her cooperation to make headway on the matter, I would have ensured she faced the ultimate punishment for treason: death.

I was sure no one would dispute it, not even her family.

seat,” I heard Tamia tell her, and I wanted to tell her

Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily adjusted

of the

do not know her function, but they want me to meet with her during the

her the seal

they tell you what their mandate is?

council would be the highest seat and every top family in the regions,

the system we run is stylishly

you know who the leader of this future senate will be?” Tamia asked her, and she

ruin a system that benefits her family and implicate her

this treason is linked to the Sidorovs, Marcel would be asked to

needed to find a way to discuss this with Marcel and Theo

is

out of the way and maybe Theo too, I

would be difficult for them to unseat me, but what if they divide my control? I could not risk allowing Marcel and Theo to

need to implicate

was the smartest route, and this Gezel bitch was making herself useful to

drawer and handed three seals to

with it?” Tamia asked, handing

think they want to write a release letter for Safia Malek that

making it seem like

just my guess; I am

want to use it for once I deliver it to

this Luna Gezel was the one that

in

her immediately or allow her to lead us to other people

were getting led us

of our mates, but

the way this malicious

would have to tell Marcel

first to be framed; they might

and beg for my forgiveness,

was closed off to

accept her apology, and I knew

at Lily and told her it was okay and that what

my lips to form the words, but they

the meeting with Lily,

could see the regret in Lily’s eyes,

a dangerous company to

Tamia and I headed to

needed to shower and then

had to ask her on our way up why she asked me to accept

would do the

approval, and this

her the cold shoulder, she won’t give us the result we want because she will

people to achieve the impossible; your

it to

would do just fine,” She said, and I pulled her close to kiss

we

and pulled

meaning to hold her

the booth was not

my senses with her arousal and made me want

returned home, but there was no escaping

her neck,

citrus scent drew

had spent most of the time battling knight

go for it, but only fated mates could claim each other

did not want to

I did not understand what was happening, but I had an overwhelming need to claim her and make

did not want to argue with my

she was our

entered the shower, and the moment the water came on, Tamia grabbed

I supported her with my hand as we

for me, and I

become more frequent and intense since she got pregnant,