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.

abandoned you at home most of the time and left you to attend serious meetings

Leo could admit more than one Luna or

knew how she was eager to attend those meetings, and he had to say no

us have come a long way, Tamia, and the goddess has smiled on us

this far.” Linda

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

when he tried to force her into your

she should have rejected Leo and stayed out of the way of your marriage when they brought her to your home;

let go without

he would have set her up wherever she

a perfect marriage and claimed she did

Linda said,

continued, “just like the women that

continued her deception after you had

and she knew what her father was doing, yet she did

if she wants her father to

she fed him lies? Was that really necessary? She did not need to lie to anyone; All she had to do was

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

on to the truth and continued

in that

men weren’t so nice? Do you know how we would have ended

the bitch give herself up to be taken as tribute? Why did you have to do it? I bet she hoped you would shift,

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

the chair, a bit weak in the knees

much I say I forgive Amanda and Leo, my heart couldn’t let the

friends, and he betrayed me for a total

everything,

that does not

tears because this wasn’t

agree with both of

it was weird that she did not give Leo the drive after he confronted

she playing at?” I

fails, she will pretend to be on the winning

as the answer was,

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

back to the east, and then they would solve their matter

that we can pin on the bitch and deal with her,

I do not care.

She deserves to suffer.

take the

I am just thinking.

her to go scot-free,” Avery said,

like that too, but unless someone says something to implicate her, we

laptop,

Sylvester’s?” she asked,

think connecting Amanda’s drive to that laptop is

it,” she said, and it did

the internet and that has nothing on it to monitor or

still baffled that she gave you the drive instead

of the plan? After all, that was what Lilly was doing

finishing

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

that questioning and critical

Wilson to get me a

Sylvester left Wilson

off on the wrong foot because of the slap,