Shadows of Destiny

Sniffing Them Out ~Tamia~ My discussion with Alpha Jake was intense, but I was glad we were able to come to an understanding.

I knew I was a bit stern, but I needed to clarify my point.

I also needed him to know I did him a big favour by not pushing Sylvester to investigate my poisoning.

The fact that I was pregnant when it occurred would have summed it up as treason.

Deep down, I hoped our plan worked out so we could plan our weddings peacefully.

Alpha Jake seemed sad after our discussion, and Stephanie came to join us.

Her dark circles were gone, and she was in high spirits.

She also looked great.

“I hope I did not take too long?” She asked, sitting beside Alpha Jake and smiling at us.

It was awkward seeing that she was the only one smiling after the difficult conversation I had with Alpha Jake.

Stephanie soon realised she was the only one in high spirits and stopped smiling.

“What happened?” she asked, and even though I did not want to speak about it, Alpha Jake volunteered the answer.

“Luna Tamia believes my daughter Iris must have tried to kill her with poison to get back at your son for not choosing her, and also, she believes she might be working for the uprising, so she asked me to bring her for questioning,” he said, summing it up.

Stephanie nodded.

“The poisoning part is true.

She was poisoned in your pack, Jake.

I saw it.

We had to bring a doctor to flush her system.” Stephanie said, and the fear in Jake’s eyes was more pronounced.

He had secretly hoped it was a coincidence, but hearing Stephanie say the same thing made him realise it might not be a coincidence.

“I do not know what I would do if she is guilty.

She is my only daughter,” he confessed, and Stephanie touched his hand gently.

“They are all grown, Jake.

We have done our best by raising them and giving them the best.

We have taught them right from wrong and tried to guide them.

We should not blame ourselves if they choose to part from teachings in adulthood.

At the end of the day, they are independent of us and will continue to exist when we are gone.

The best we can do is wish them the best and pray they learn from their mistakes.

We, as parents, cannot give more than we have given.

You shouldn’t feel guilty for this, Jake.

You tried.

If Iris decides to be like her mother, then it isn’t your fault,” she said, trying to calm him down, but it did not work.

The man was in knots.

“I think it is time to have Liam help identify the people that threatened him,” I said, standing up and trying to avoid the awkward situation.

Everyone agreed, and I linked Kappa Wilson to help line up everyone in the estate so Liam could sniff the culprits out.

It took thirty minutes for Wilson to accomplish it, and soon he linked me to inform me the task was done.

I got up and asked everyone to follow me to the eastern garden, where everyone was waiting.

We walked towards the garden silently, and I prayed it would yield something.

We needed to catch as many people as possible to either force the leader out or make them go silent.

Either outcome was better than what was happening.

Arriving at the garden, I was surprised to see many people, along with the trophies, lined up to be checked.

They looked worried and puzzled.

and I did not bother; I know they saw

was sleeping with the man that conquered my

from the outside would see my friends and me as traitors, but they did not know our

bunch of jealous Lunas that were down on

or Theodore had ordered they join them

alone made me laugh at the

garden, and I could see him properly for the first

indeed a

this? As things were, if this leader ever succeeded, he would have no regard for

with treasonous

plan on voicing my opinion to the bastard if we ever

to murmur at

were genuinely confused,

them, and they

would

not

have been charged with a task and intend to do it diligently without disturbance, am I clear?”

told me that Sylvester required Liam to come

and Devin were around gave me mixed

aside their differences and

to take Liam with

They took him away.

needed to move quickly because I still needed

planning to be nice where the

she did to her son, I knew she could not be trusted and did

on making her feel

to

with Liam?” Avery linked

Devin are

I linked her back; her

three of them are crazy about

differences and work together? I know Leo has it bad

Poor Sylvester.

feels having to lean on the two men likely to hate him the most for support,” she linked me, and I sighed because

son?” Jake asked me, interrupting Avery

said, and

said, looking at us as

is why he isn’t in

and they used him to control his

money,” I told the

said in

use her son in the most

is alive is that he is

Amy had

mother was like

opinion and make

her a couple of times, and she gave

looked before leaping, but

situation,” she said, and I

would be regarded as traitors, and the

means Christian would have to step down from

woman had

the

agreeing to make Sylvester king and working with him to end the threat, but I

the men lined up in the garden, and I hoped for their sakes that none of them was

his chains were removed to access

fish them out using their scent; we made it seem like he would be by looking at the

Liam as he moved through the staff, looking at

of them, and

remained the women in the trophy

a dark-haired eastern

was one

I knew who she

a western Luna that worked in the

to bring them out yet until he had

an extra thirty minutes before

of the eastern woman

they

me

knew what I was about to do to them was a bit sick, but I wanted to

to have them

it, and