Shadows of Destiny

After The Dinner ~Tamia~ After dinner, Sylvester, Marcel and Theo went to question Liam.

We wanted to be there, but I knew why they told us to stay behind.

Although Sylvester said he wanted to see if Liam would trust them enough to talk and if he proves difficult, we will speak to him kindly and get the information out.

I know that wasn’t Sylvester’s reason, but I let it be.

We had been through too much that day for me to argue with him.

I could see his desperation.

He spoke with the two people he would have never spoken to under normal circumstances, especially Devin.

I knew the cards bothered him.

However calm he tried to be, I knew he was troubled by the cards, and so was I.

Safety and peace had become paramount, and I looked forward to solving the matter.

Avery and Linda followed me to my room.

Stephanie met us in the hallway, looking troubled, and I knew something was off.

“Luna,” I said, and she smiled at me, but her smile did not touch her eyes.

Her body language was off, and I wondered what might have transpired between her, Dominic, Jake and Katya during dinner.

Sylvester still refused to eat with them, and I knew it was because he loved eating with his friends.

It wasn’t personal, although since Jake was with us, I planned on having breakfast together to show respect and appreciation.

“Where is Sylvester?” she asked, and I frowned.

“Working’” I said, and she nodded.

Her hand had a slight tremble and did not seem at ease.

She was clutching her phone tightly.

“Stephanie,” I linked her, worried, and she looked away.

“Please see me when you are through with your friends.

It is urgent.” she linked back.

“Jake?” I asked through the mind link, and she shook her head.

“No, Please see me,” she said and walked away.

“What is with her? One minute she is happy; the next, she is a trembling mess.

Did she not arrive at the mansion in high spirits? I swear I saw some chemistry between her and Jake, but now she is a mess,” Avery said, and I ushered my friends into my room.

“I doubt it has anything to do with Jake,” Linda said, and I wondered how Linda could sum that up.

“How do you know?” Avery asked.

“She was clutching her phone too tightly,” Linda said, and we all laughed, but I was worried.

We all sat down to have some tea.

I linked a servant to serve us tea.

“Congratulations, Ave, I never got to congratulate you personally,” I said, resting my hand on her lap, and she beamed at me.

“Thank you, Tamia.

I am so excited.

I welcome the morning sickness and everything.

I am thrilled, and Marcel has been over the moon about it,” she said and then looked at Linda.

“I am sorry that I made you uncomfortable all this while.

It wasn’t deliberate, I just..” she said, about to get emotional, but Linda stopped her.

to apologise for,

I know the feeling.

I lived

is natural for you to feel

stay away from you,

tea came, and I told the Omega to leave after she had placed

long do you think questioning Liam would take?”

have let us in on the fun, too; I am bored,”

child, Linda;

bastards would want to use him

think I would have been able to handle

back story, you can’t

Amy, his mother, is another ball game,” I said, feeling rage towards the mother

she had misgivings with the Volkovs, if any; I get that she believes she is fighting a cause, but why get her son involved? No matter what anyone said about the

to the west and went out of her way to

not act as

would have believed otherwise if Christian did not say she was

just no

did not have

have friends

I wanted to get

think it is the mother

“The signs are there.

not do it directly, she had facilitated it,”

I will never do that

out of it, even if I believe I am fighting

involved in a treasonous act,” she said, and

wouldn’t really matter,

it, so she made the most of

is involved in treason against the royals and the

will be executed, and they will be

is all

That is the law.

should be disciplined and put

is responsible for

was why they tried to

gone down for that shit, Sylvester would have

and I am glad

us of the man who was once a problem but somehow had faded into the

was in the council, but he

pulling some strings in the background to get back at everyone for the humiliation he suffered? “Larry..” Avery said, realising we never really thought

look into Larry,” Linda said, and

“Noted.

to focus on

she has a

like us, so there should be no hard feelings when we apply

I can do anything physical,” she said, and I

have an enforcer there to help us

how she failed to protect her son, but an enforcer will

said goodnight after

that Sylvester was yet to return to the room, I was glad because it meant Liam was

wouldn’t have stayed this long if the boy

decided to check

I walked towards her room, I told the head of staff that we would all be eating breakfast together

I knocked on it “Come in, Tamia,” She said, knowing it was

she would; she was an

opened the door and

I saw scared

bottle of northern cocktail on the

rushed and took the

I did not

this?” I asked, a bit

acting like a child? I was threatened that day, but I had my shit together; what was her problem? “I am scared, Tamia,” She said, tears streaming down her

what to do,” she said, pacing about her

Stephanie?” I asked her, and she handed

the screen was

did not know what to look for until I saw the latest massage in her

read, and I wondered who was sick