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.

her, and I wanted to tell her to keep standing, but I let my mate

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

head of

her function, but they want me to meet

am expected to hand her the seal at the

their mandate is? “Tamia

the council would be the highest seat and every top family in the regions, and the packs would have a seat on the council, creating a

stylishly autocratic and want to change that.” She

who the leader of this future senate will be?” Tamia

why Gezel Sidorov would want to ruin a system that benefits her family and

linked to the Sidorovs, Marcel would be asked to go into exile as punishment for not keeping his family

Marcel and Theo because they must look

is trying to weaken my

Theo too, I will be left to deal with the

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

a need to implicate them for

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

drawer and handed three

do with it?” Tamia asked, handing the seal to

a release letter for Safia Malek that would be

release making it seem like Lord Volkov

my guess; I am

cue me in on what they want to use it for once I deliver it to Luna Gezel,” Lily said, and

Luna Gezel was the

in a

should arrest her immediately or allow her to lead us to other people so we

the trails we were getting led us

mates, but

be reacting the way this malicious group want them

have to tell Marcel

first to be framed; they might

for my forgiveness, but

closed off to

her apology, and I knew she must have her

was okay and that what she

my lips to form the

with Lily, and

the regret in Lily’s eyes, but

always a dangerous

Tamia and

shower and

her on our way up why she asked me

do the task

is obviously seeking your approval, and this

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

pushes people to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the impossible

us use it to solve

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

we entered

the door and pulled her

been meaning to hold

in the booth

arousal and made

we returned home,

her neck, and

scent drew

spent most of the time battling knight from claiming

fated mates could claim each other successfully without a blue

did not want to

getting stronger, and I did not understand what was happening, but

did not want to argue with my

she was our

moment the water came on,

around me, I supported her with my

a strong need for

become more frequent and intense since she got pregnant,