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, but

Tamia said, and

the head of the northern

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

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

their mandate is?

family

run is stylishly autocratic and want to

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

ruin a system that benefits her family and implicate her cousin in the

would be asked to go

needed to find a way to discuss this with Marcel and Theo because they must look into the affairs

is doing this is trying to weaken

out of the way and maybe Theo too, I will be left to deal

be difficult for them to unseat me, but what if they divide my control? I

need to implicate them for a

was the smartest route, and this Gezel bitch was making herself useful

my drawer and handed three

with

think they want to write a release letter for Safia Malek

ask for her release making it seem

just my guess; I

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

this Luna Gezel was the one that forced Bryce to

was in

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

getting led

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

way this malicious group

I would have to tell Marcel and

he was the first to be framed; they might try to frame

apologise and beg for my

closed off

me to accept her apology, and

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

hard for my lips to form the

the meeting with Lily, and she

see the regret in Lily’s eyes, but I

always a

and I

to shower

way up why she asked me to accept Lily’s

the task

your approval, and this was

won’t give us the result we

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

it to solve this

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

we entered our

closed the door and pulled her close to

had been meaning to hold her all

the booth was

filled my senses with her arousal and made me want

home, but there

neck, and she

citrus scent

spent most of the time battling knight

I should go for it, but only fated mates could claim each other successfully without

not want to

not understand what was happening, but I had

did not want

she was our

shower, and the moment the water came on, Tamia grabbed

I supported her

for me, and I could

lovemaking had become more frequent and intense since