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.

service looked at me scornfully, and

was sleeping with the man that

see my friends and me as traitors, but they

I could see was a bunch of jealous

or Theodore had ordered they join them in

laugh at the scorn on their

to the garden, and I

was indeed

things were, if this

minor involved with treasonous acts

to the bastard if we ever catch

began to murmur at the sight of

were genuinely confused,

yelled at them,

noise and the person would

not

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

me that Sylvester required Liam to come to the

were around gave me mixed

differences and find common ground to

take Liam with them and return him

They took him away.

to move quickly because

nice where the

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

on making

to be

is with Liam?” Avery linked

and Devin are

think Sylvester wants them to hear directly from him,” I linked her back; her eyes opened wide, and she

Tamia? The three of

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

Poor Sylvester.

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

son?” Jake asked me, interrupting Avery and me,

and his eyes were

at us as if

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

him

I told the man, and his

He said in

to use her

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

had been bad

mother was like that,

to share her opinion and make you

and she gave up her husband for

Christain looked before leaping, but they

exile situation,” she said, and I was unhappy about her

the uprising, they would be regarded

have

woman had wrecked

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

and Devin agreeing to make Sylvester king and working with him to end the threat, but I doubted they would

the garden, and I hoped for their sakes that none

were removed to access his wolf

did not make it seem like he was going to fish them out using their scent; we made it seem like he would be by looking at

the staff, looking

through most of them, and none of

women in

got to a dark-haired eastern

was

soared because I knew

and selected a western Luna that worked in

bring them

an extra thirty minutes

relief in the eyes of the eastern woman

thought they

me

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

to have them search the rooms and belongings of

and I