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.

Tamia tell her, and I wanted to tell her to keep standing, but I let

me about Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily adjusted herself in the

head of the

her function, but they want me to meet with her during

to hand her the seal at the golf

their mandate is? “Tamia asked

“They want a democracy where the council would be the highest seat and every top family in the regions,

stylishly autocratic and want to change

leader of this future senate will be?” Tamia asked her,

would want to ruin a system that benefits her family and implicate her cousin

this treason is linked to the Sidorovs, Marcel would be asked to go into exile as punishment for

to discuss this with Marcel and Theo because they must

is doing this is trying

Theo too, I will be left to deal with the uprising

unseat me, but what if they divide my control? I could not risk allowing Marcel and

been a need to

this Gezel bitch was making

drawer and handed three seals

to do with it?” Tamia asked,

to write a release letter for Safia Malek that would be forced into order while the tournament

her release making it seem like Lord Volkov ordered

just my guess; I am not

once I deliver it to Luna Gezel,” Lily said, and she made a lot

was the one that forced Bryce to act against

was in

her to lead

trails we were getting

and jealous of our mates, but with what Lily had just told me, the council might be

this

would have to tell

know because he was the first to be framed; they might

and beg for my forgiveness, but the

closed off to

her apology, and I knew she must have her

reluctantly smiled at Lily and told her it was okay and that what she was

lips to form the words, but they

meeting with Lily, and she

in Lily’s eyes, but I

a dangerous

left, Tamia and I headed

shower and

to ask her on our way up why she asked

would do the task given to

and this was to show she is

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

to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the

us use it to

solution, partial would do just fine,” She said, and I pulled

instant we entered

and pulled her close to

been meaning to hold

the booth was not

filled my senses with her arousal and

when we returned home, but there was

her neck,

scent drew me

had spent most of the time battling knight from

if I should go for it, but only fated mates

want

cord connecting us was getting stronger, and I did not understand what was happening, but I had an overwhelming need to claim her and

growled in my head; I did not want to argue with

she was

the shower, and the moment the water came

supported her with my hand as we kissed

a strong need for me, and I could

lovemaking had become more frequent and intense since she got pregnant, and I liked