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.

the Lunas in service looked at me scornfully, and I did not

sleeping with the man that

would see my friends and me as traitors, but they

was a bunch of jealous Lunas

Theodore had ordered they join them in bed,

me laugh at the scorn

and I could see him properly for the first

was indeed

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

involved with treasonous acts was wreckless and

voicing my opinion to the bastard if we ever catch

began to murmur at the sight

some were genuinely confused, others

them, and they

and the person would be thrown in

will not be

it diligently without disturbance,

and told me that Sylvester required Liam to

Devin were

would put aside their differences and find common ground

told them to take Liam with them and

They took him away.

needed to move quickly because

wasn’t planning to be nice

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

planned on making her feel

going to

is with Liam?” Avery

Devin are

directly from him,” I linked her back; her eyes opened wide, and she

do you manage, Tamia? The three of them are

able to overlook their differences and work together? I know Leo has it bad and

Poor Sylvester.

the two men likely to hate him

asked me, interrupting Avery and me, and

I said, and his eyes were

child,” he said, looking at us

he isn’t in the council prison,” I told him, sounding

mother got him involved, and they used him to control his father and

and transfer money,” I told the man, and his eyes widened

don’t mean it,” He said in shock,

bitch decided to use her son in

reason he is alive is that he is young,” I told Jake,

Amy had

was like that, you

trying to share her opinion and make you accept by

times, and she gave

Christain looked before leaping, but they say

led him to an exile situation,” she said, and I was unhappy

in the uprising, they would be regarded as traitors, and the entire Zakharov family would be exiled pending

Christian would have to step

had

grace is if Sylvester succeeds and is installed as the king, then Sylvester would pardon him and only punish Amy for

agreeing to make Sylvester king and working with him to end

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

were removed to access his wolf and pick the

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

staff, looking at them and secretly sniffing

through most of them, and none of the staff

women in

to a dark-haired eastern beauty

she was one of

because I knew who she

moved and selected a western Luna that

them out yet

thirty

the eyes of the eastern

they had scaled

made me

was a bit sick,

to have them search the rooms

left to do it, and I kept