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, and I wanted to tell her to keep standing,

Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily

the head of the

want me to meet with her

plays golf, so I am expected to hand her the seal at the golf course,” Lily said

they tell you what their mandate is? “Tamia

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

run is stylishly autocratic

you know who the leader of this future senate

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

Marcel would be asked to go into exile as punishment

find a way to discuss this with Marcel and

this is trying to weaken my

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

my control? I could not risk

to implicate them

route, and this Gezel bitch was making herself useful

drawer and handed three

you know what they want to do with it?”

think they want to write a release letter for Safia Malek that would

her release making it seem like Lord Volkov

is just my guess; I am not

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

wondered if this Luna Gezel was the one

was in

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

were getting

and Joan being scornful and jealous of our mates, but with what Lily had just told me,

be reacting the way this malicious group want them

would have to tell Marcel and

the first to

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

heart was closed off

apology, and I knew

smiled at Lily and told her it was okay and that what she was doing was a

my lips to

ended the meeting with Lily,

regret in Lily’s eyes, but

always a

and I headed

needed to shower and

ask her on our way up why she asked me

would do the task given

and this

she won’t give us the result we want

achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and affection is the impossible

us use it to solve

not a full solution, partial would do just fine,” She said, and I pulled her

we entered our

the door and pulled her

been meaning to hold her

PDA in the booth was not

filled my senses with her arousal and made me want to do things to

home, but there was no escaping

neck,

citrus scent drew me

had spent most of the

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

did not want to

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

growled in my head; I did not want

course, she was our

the moment the

supported her with my

for me, and I could feel

lovemaking had become more frequent and intense since she got pregnant, and I