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.

tell her to

Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily

the head of

but they want me to meet

to hand her the

they tell you what their mandate is? “Tamia

want a democracy where the council would be the highest seat and every top family

the system we run is stylishly autocratic and want to

senate will be?” Tamia asked her,

understand why Gezel Sidorov 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

and Theo because

doing this is trying to

Marcel out of the way and maybe Theo too,

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

Gezel bitch was making herself

my drawer and

know what they want to do with it?” Tamia

for Safia Malek that would

her release making it seem

just my guess; I am

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

the

in a

to lead us to other people so we

far, the trails we were getting led us away from

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

this malicious group want them

knew I would have to tell Marcel and

also needed to know because he was the first to be framed; they

seized the opportunity to apologise and beg for my forgiveness, but the damage had already

heart was closed off to

linked me to accept her apology, and I knew

told her it was okay and that what she was doing was a great

for my lips to

the meeting with Lily, and she

Lily’s eyes, but I

a traitor always a dangerous company to

she left, Tamia and I headed to our

shower and then

ask her on our way up why she

would do the task

is obviously seeking your approval, and this was to show she is

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

is a strong driving force that pushes people to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the impossible goal her

use it to solve

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

instant we entered

the door and pulled her close to

meaning to hold

in the

filled my senses with her arousal and made

away when we returned home,

her neck,

citrus scent drew me

spent most of the

fated mates could claim each other successfully without a

not want

not understand what was happening, but I had an overwhelming need to claim

in my head; I did not

she was

moment the water

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

a strong need for me, and

lovemaking had become more frequent and intense since she got