Shadows of Destiny

I was worried about the arrests, primarily because of the rumours about the gun assassination.

I did not know if it were the truth or a piece of false information to mislead us.

Anything was possible because the people were intelligent, and they were multiple steps ahead of us.

After Sylvester and the other men left, I knew we had to set some things in motion and reduce the workload.

Iris’s questioning would have to wait.

I was curious to find out what was in the flash drive.

Sylvester had asked a valid question, and I was tempted to ask Amanda, but I changed my mind.

No one trusted her intentions, and they all had valid reasons.

I needed to consult with my friends to figure out what to do.

Carrying Sylvester’s laptop, I took the drive from where Sylvester kept it in the closet and headed to Avery’s wing so we could check the content together.

We decided to have breakfast there because time was of the essence.

Since the information wasn’t encrypted, there was no need for a hacker.

We would just do well enough.

“Where are you?” I heard Stephanie’s voice in my head, and I honestly did not want to see her until I was done, but I knew she would just come looking for me.

“On my way to Avery’s room,” I replied.

“Nicole wanted us to have breakfast together.

I do not want to be there alone,” She confessed, and I giggled.

“You will have to.

I have been given a task which I have to complete before Sylvester returns,” I confessed, and she was silent a bit before responding.

“Very well then, I will see you later,” She said, giving up, and I was glad she was letting the matter rest.

I arrived at Avery’s door and knocked.

She answered, and I let myself in.

Linda was there eating a sandwich, and we all greeted ourselves.

“Doing some tech stuff?” Linda said, pointing at the laptop, and I giggled.

“No, Linda.

We are going through the flash drive Amanda gave us,” I said, and Avery rolled her eyes.

“You mean the snake because that is what she is,” Avery said, not wanting to give Amanda the benefit of the doubt.

Looking at it, nobody gave the woman the benefit of the doubt.

We all believed she was up to no good.

“You have to agree with Ave, Tamia,” Linda said.

“We were there, remember.

Leo took her everywhere; introduced her as his luna to people.

most of the time and left you to attend serious meetings

one Luna or

all knew how she was eager to attend those meetings, and he had to say no because you were the strategist,” she said and

the goddess has smiled on us again, but we should not

us this far.” Linda said and

walked away from that party and returned to Cain Island when she realised her fated was already happily

when

if she did not dare to do so, she should have rejected Leo and stayed out of the way of your marriage when they

you, she could let

would have

ruined a perfect marriage and claimed she did it because her

said,

Avery continued, “just like the women that took those douchebags from

deception after

knew what her father was doing, yet she did

if she wants her father

lie to anyone; All she had to do was

reason she may have, she didn’t tell him the truth, and that is

and continued to allow Ramsey to

in

our men weren’t so nice? Do you know how we would have ended up? They were going to

the bitch give herself up to be taken as tribute? Why did you have to do

is only crying now because she got caught,” Avery said, and I knew both she and

sighed and sat on the chair, a bit weak in the knees

forgive Amanda and Leo, my heart couldn’t

I were best friends, and he betrayed me for a

was my first in almost everything,

that does

this

with both of

discussed it, and we felt it was weird that she did not give Leo the drive after

at?” I asked, and Avery

if all fails, she will pretend to be on the winning side,” Linda said, and

funny as the answer was, it was

this is that Theo told me we can’t hold the bitch here for long if we can’t

her back to the east, and then they would solve their matter there.” Linda said, and I nodded,

yield something no matter how little; we might get something that we can pin on the bitch

I do not care.

She deserves to suffer.

the babies from

I am just thinking.

wicked to you, Tamia, for her to go scot-free,” Avery said,

her, we will

turned on the laptop, and Linda frowned at

she

not think connecting Amanda’s drive to

there is spyware in it,” she said, and it did not cross my

connected to the internet and that has nothing on it to monitor

baffled that she gave you the drive instead of

was what Lilly was doing for them here before the two-timing, two-faced

finishing her sandwich, and

could I have been so careless? I was very grateful to Linda for her

guess that questioning and critical thinking had slowed me down

me a laptop

Sylvester left Wilson for

even though we started off on the