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

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

of

want me

expected to hand her the

tell you what their mandate

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

run is stylishly autocratic and

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

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

to the Sidorovs, Marcel would be asked to go into exile as punishment for not

discuss this with Marcel and Theo because they must look into the

this is trying to weaken my

way and maybe Theo too, I

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

a need to

this Gezel bitch was making herself useful

opened my drawer and

to do with it?”

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

to ask for her release making it seem like

just my guess; I

on what they want to use it for once I deliver it to Luna Gezel,” Lily said, and she made a lot

was the one

was in a

allow her to lead us to other people so we could

trails we were getting led us away from the

mates, but with

be reacting the way this

knew I would have to

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

beg for my forgiveness, but the damage had already

was closed

accept her apology, and I knew she must have

her it was okay and that

to

the meeting with Lily, and

could see the regret in Lily’s eyes,

a dangerous

and I

shower and

up why she asked

she would do the task given to her

seeking your approval, and this was

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

to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the

it to solve this

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

instant we entered

pulled

had been meaning to hold

PDA in the

arousal and made me want to do things

when we returned home, but there was no escaping

kissed her neck, and

scent drew me

the time battling knight from

did not know if I should go for it, but only fated mates could claim each other successfully without a blue moon blessing the

not want to mar her

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

course, she was

and the moment the water

legs around me, I supported her with my hand as we

a strong need for me, and

more frequent and intense since