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.

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

Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily

of the northern uprising

do not know her function, but they want me to

her the seal at

tell you what their mandate is?

every top family in the regions, and the packs would have a seat on the

system we run is stylishly autocratic and want to

the leader of this future senate will

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

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

with Marcel and Theo because

this is trying to weaken my

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

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

been a need to implicate them for

Gezel bitch was making herself

drawer and

to do with it?” Tamia asked, handing

a release letter for Safia Malek that would be forced into order

ask for her release making it seem like Lord Volkov ordered

my guess; I

will cue me in on what they want to use it for once I deliver it

was the one that

in a

her immediately or allow her to lead us to other people so we could have a wider picture of what was

trails we were getting led

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

reacting the way this malicious group want them

have to

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

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

was closed

and I knew she must have her

it was okay and that what

was hard for my lips to form the words, but they

ended the meeting with Lily, and

could see the regret in Lily’s eyes, but I did

traitor always a dangerous company to

she left, Tamia and I headed to

to shower and

ask her on our way up why she asked me to

do the task given to

approval, and this was to show

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

people to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the impossible goal her

it to solve

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

we entered our

door and pulled her close

meaning to hold

the booth was

her arousal and made me want

away when we returned home, but

kissed her neck, and she

citrus scent drew

the time battling knight

only fated mates could claim each other successfully

did not want to mar her

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

head; I did

she

moment the water came

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

had a strong need for me,

intense