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

was sleeping with the man that conquered my

traitors, but they did not know our

a bunch of jealous Lunas that

sure If Sylvester, Marcel or Theodore had ordered they

alone made me laugh at the scorn on

to the garden, and I could

indeed a

could his mother do this to him? How could this Kingman allow this? As things were, if this leader ever succeeded, he would have

involved with treasonous acts was wreckless and

plan on voicing my opinion to the

began to murmur at

were genuinely confused,

yelled at them, and they

and the person would be

will not be

intend to do it diligently without disturbance, am I clear?” Linda asked, and there was

to me and told me that Sylvester required Liam to

Devin were around

aside their differences and find common ground to unite

take Liam

They took him away.

because

be nice where the

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

planned on making her feel

was going to be

is with Liam?”

Devin

wants them to hear directly from him,” I linked her back; her eyes opened

Tamia? The three of them

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

Poor Sylvester.

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

me, interrupting Avery and me, and I

said, and his eyes

said, looking at us as if

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

and they used him to control

them receive and transfer money,” I told the man,

it,” He said in shock,

her son in the

alive is that he is young,”

had been

like that,

trying to share her opinion and

couple of times, and she gave

before leaping, but they say

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

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

means Christian would have to step

had

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

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

I hoped for their sakes that none of them was guilty because

chains were removed to access his wolf and

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

moved through the staff, looking at them and secretly

of them, and

the women in the trophy

dark-haired eastern beauty

she was one of

because I knew who

a western Luna that worked

bring them out yet until he

thirty

could see relief in the eyes of the

thought they had scaled

me laugh

was a bit sick, but I wanted to see

to the cell, and I asked Wilson to have them search the rooms and belongings of

do it, and I kept