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.

wanted to tell her to keep standing, but

me about Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and Lily

head of the northern

they want me

hand her the seal at

what their mandate

family in the

system we run is stylishly autocratic

who the leader of this future senate will be?” Tamia asked her, and

why Gezel Sidorov would want to ruin a system that benefits

the Sidorovs, Marcel would be asked to go into exile as punishment for not keeping his family in

a way to discuss this with Marcel and Theo because they

this is trying to weaken my

too, I will

if they divide my control? I could not risk

to implicate them

route, and this Gezel bitch was

my drawer and handed three seals

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

want to write a release letter for Safia Malek that would be

to ask for her release making it seem like

just my guess; I am

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

the

in

lead us

far, the trails we were getting led us

but with what Lily had just

this malicious group

I would have to tell

because he was the first to be

to apologise and beg for my forgiveness,

was closed off

accept her apology, and I knew she must have

and that what she was doing was

hard for my lips to

with Lily,

see the regret in Lily’s

always a dangerous

Tamia and I headed

needed to shower and then

her on our way up why she asked me

do the task given

your approval, and this was to show she

give us the result we want because

driving force that pushes people to achieve the impossible; your forgiveness and

it

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

we entered

the door and pulled

to hold her all

PDA in the booth

her arousal and made me want to

got away when we returned home,

her neck, and she

scent

the time battling knight from

only fated mates

did not want to mar

getting stronger, and I did not understand what was happening,

in my head; I did not want to argue with my

course, she

entered the shower, and the moment the water came on,

I supported her with my

a strong need for me, and

frequent and intense