Shadows of Destiny

~Sylvester~ Tamia woke me up from sleep, and I realised it was nighttime.

I must have fallen asleep while resting.

“Sleeping,” she teased, and I managed to sit in bed.

“Where are you going?” I asked, noticing she was in her casual outfit.

“You do not expect me to go to dinner in my nightwear,” she said, and I looked at the clock.

It was seven-thirty.

I managed to get off the bed to get ready for dinner.

“Were you with Nicole all the while?” I asked her while I changed my clothes because I had slept in the ones I had on.

“No. I went to see Amanda.

Learned a lot of things and then had tea with my friends.

Nicole joined us during tea, but they will have dinner in our former dining room.

I did not want awkwardness there, and besides, we have an operation to discuss,” She pointed out, and I nodded.

“What did you learn from Amanda?” I asked her, and she sighed.

“Well, for starters, I have a flash drive she claims has the names of all Ramsey’s associates,” she said, and I looked at her, leaving my shirt unbuttoned.

She showed me the drive in her hand and giggled.

“How?” I asked her.

“According to her and Annika, she has been lying to her father.

She knew he would find out soon, so she took an insurance policy to make sure he left her alone when he found out.

She hid it in Leo’s bag.

I sent Wilson to get the bag, and I asked Leo to hand it over to me.

This is it,” she said, grinning, and I buttoned up my shirt and went to her.

I took the drive from her while kissing her.

There was peace and giddiness in me.

“It is all strange.

Why didn’t she give it to Leo before he brought her here?” I asked her, and she shrugged.

“I thought as much, too, but right now, we need all the information we can get,” Tamia said, and I sighed.

“Can we trust what she has?” I asked Tamia, and she shrugged.

“Trust is a strong word when it comes to Amanda.

But we can check it out and see if she is telling the truth.

I also released her silver bracelet and had two maids attend to her,” she said, and I was a bit uncomfortable.

you think you jumped the gun there?” I

still under

be

rule out the part

or not, the man almost succeeded.” She said,

you checked the files?” I asked

for you,” She said,

would

whole day figuring

still carry out our plan, and then

said, and as hard as it was to

little we could do between tonight and the

to

us, trying

willing to give her a chance,” She said, and I

“Let’s not conclude.

is Leo’s mate, and he knows her

out that she had all the opportunity to come clean about

able to do

you know him better

peace, but he isn’t

to their problem, but I doubt Leo wants

wolf

like it where fated mates

it may be, fated

Leo’s wolf detests her.

not even want to speak

doubt there would be reconciliation

in my pocket and buttoned up the rest of my shirt before we

when we got to the dining

dinner with David and his family, I was glad

I suspected he

bring it up but let it

deliberately thanked Leo for letting his mate help us even though

us not to trust her, and

we could get

noticed Leo did not like that I referred to Amanda

she was, whether he

easy for the guy to forget his role in messing his marriage up and blame it on the

Tamia was

has been brought

know what is happening

Her brother brought her.

to the mansion immediately,” Jake Brighton said, and I knew it was a difficult

Donald to bring her

like we are

would be taken care of.” I said, and though it

forward to our activities

a back seat even though I wanted to punish her

the dinner went quietly, and I advised

claiming he wanted to rest because

was when I decided to explain something to