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.

scornfully, and I did not

was sleeping with the

outside would see my friends and me as traitors,

a bunch of jealous Lunas that were down on

Theodore had ordered they

laugh

to the garden, and I could see him

was indeed a

this Kingman allow this? As things were, if

with treasonous acts

on voicing my opinion to the bastard if we

people began to murmur at

genuinely confused, others seemed

them, and they

noise and the person would

will not

without disturbance, am I clear?” Linda asked, and there was complete silence,

to me and told me that Sylvester required Liam

Leo and Devin were around gave me

and find common ground

Liam

They took him away.

move quickly because I still needed to question

planning to be nice where the

to her son, I knew she could not be trusted

making

going to be unapologetic about

Liam?”

Devin are

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

three

and work together? I know Leo has it bad and that

Poor Sylvester.

lean on the two men likely to hate him the most for support,” she

son?” Jake asked me, interrupting

and his

looking at us as if

and that is why he isn’t in the council prison,” I told him,

used him

I told the man,

don’t mean it,” He said

bitch decided to use her son in

is alive is that he

had been bad

was like that,

share her opinion and make

and she gave up

before leaping, but they say love

him to an exile situation,” she said, and I was unhappy about her words,

Amy were involved in the uprising, they would be regarded as traitors, and the entire Zakharov family would be

have to

woman had wrecked

grace is if Sylvester succeeds and is installed as the king, then

working with him to end the threat, but I doubted they would because of

at the women and the men lined up in the garden, and I hoped for their sakes that none of them was guilty because I planned on

were removed to access his

to fish them out using their scent; we made it seem like he would

protected Liam as he moved through the staff, looking at them

them, and none

the women

got to a dark-haired eastern

was one of

heart soared because I knew who she

and selected a western

linked Wilson not to bring them

took an extra thirty

of the

thought they had

me laugh

to do to them was a bit sick, but I wanted to

was taken back to the cell, and I asked Wilson to have

to do it, and I kept