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,

me about Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and

the head of the

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

so I am expected to hand her the seal at the

their mandate

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

feel the system we run is stylishly autocratic and

you know who the leader of this future senate

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

to go into exile as

way to discuss this with Marcel and Theo because they must look

is trying to weaken

way and maybe Theo too,

if they divide my control? I could not risk allowing

has been a need to implicate

smartest route, and this Gezel bitch was making

opened my drawer and

know what they want to do with it?” Tamia asked, handing

a release letter for Safia Malek that would be

for her release making it seem like Lord Volkov ordered

just my guess; I am not

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

wondered if this Luna Gezel was the one that forced Bryce to

in a

allow her to lead us to other people so we could have a wider

the trails we were getting led us away

of our mates, but with what Lily had just told me, the council

this malicious group

knew I would have to tell Marcel and

also needed to know because he was the first to

apologise and beg for my forgiveness,

closed off to

her apology, and I knew she must

and that

my lips to form the words, but

with Lily,

see the regret in Lily’s

traitor always a dangerous

left, Tamia and I headed to our

shower

ask her on our way up why

would do the task given to her

obviously seeking your approval, and

she won’t give

your forgiveness and affection is the impossible goal her hope

use it

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

we entered

closed the door and pulled

to hold her

PDA in the

and made me want to do things

away when we returned home, but there was no

her neck,

citrus scent drew

most of the

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

not want to

not understand what was happening, but I had an overwhelming

Knight growled in my head; I did not

she

moment the water came

her legs around me, I supported her with my hand

for me, and I could

more frequent and intense since she got pregnant, and