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.

I wanted to tell her to keep standing, but I

Gezel Sidorov,” Tamia said, and

head of

function, but they want me

to hand her

they tell you what their mandate is?

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

is stylishly autocratic and want to change

of this future senate will be?” Tamia asked her, and she shook her

ruin a system that benefits

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

and

is trying to weaken my

too, I

difficult for them to unseat me, but what if they divide my control? I could not risk allowing Marcel and Theo to be implicated

a need to implicate them for a

and this Gezel bitch was making herself useful

and handed three

you know what they want to do with it?” Tamia

write a release letter for Safia Malek that

making

my guess; I am not

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

if this Luna Gezel was the one that forced Bryce to

in

I should arrest her immediately or allow her to lead us to other people so we

we were getting led us away from

and Joan being scornful and jealous of our mates, but with

way this malicious group want

would have

he was the first to

for my forgiveness, but the damage had already

heart was closed off to

apology, and I

and told her it was okay and

hard for my lips to form the words, but

the meeting with Lily, and

see the regret in Lily’s eyes, but I

a dangerous company to

and I headed to

shower

up

she would do the

seeking your approval, and this was to show

her the cold shoulder, she won’t give us the result we

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

use it to

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

we

pulled her close to

been meaning to hold her

the

with her arousal and made me want to do things

home, but there was

kissed her neck, and

citrus scent drew

the time battling knight from

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

not want to mar

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

in my head; I did not want to

course, she was our

entered the shower, and the moment

supported her with my hand as we

need for me, and

and intense since she got pregnant,