Shadows of Destiny

~Leo~ The arrest went smoothly.

It would have been easy if it weren’t for the informant that might have tipped them off.

I had an idea of how it might have happened, but we needed to question the suspects to conclude.

Ramsey was despicable.

He kept yelling he would not speak until he was brought before the council.

If only the arsehole knew what we had in mind for him.

With the present hierarchy, he was right.

The lord would have to take him to the council to question him before passing judgement, but Sylvester would be king soon and then have the power to do as he wills with the prisoners.

It was a lot of power to bestow on one person, but I trusted Tamia’s judgement of character and decided I would support the cause.

We parked at the estate and walked in.

Devin was excited; I am sure he had not had so much excitement in a while.

For someone that likes to fight a lot, this was thrilling for him.

As for me, I felt nothing.

My life would still be fucked up after this.

One thing was sure, no matter what Tamia said, I would let Amanda go.

If the children were mine, I would find a way to be in their lives.

Thinking of all the damage she caused broke my heart completely.

Although we couldn’t link her to anything, and the song the suspects were singing made her seem innocent, I still did not want her.

There was just something off about her behaviour that did not sit well with me.

The only reason I wasn’t going to push was because of her condition.

If we could not prove that she was actively and deliberately working with these people, then she was a free woman.

One thing I was certain about is she would never be the head Luna of the East or my mate.

I was willing to move on from Tamia, but I wasn’t willing to move on with Amanda.

We arrived in the early hours of the morning, tired from the arrest and headed to our room.

I did not know what would happen the next day, but I knew it would be fast-paced henceforth.

We also had to wait for the council to summon Sylvester for an impromptu meeting so we could move and install him as king.

Christain was with us, so we were complete.

Everyone that had a say in making Sylvester king was with us; the only pushback we might have was from Vino Lawrence, who might see it as a slight, but as far as I was concerned, the guy should be happy that he remains on the council.

His family aren’t truly northern.

They originated from the west, and his aunt had a big hand in this mutiny.

He should be happy if we leave him on the council.

It was a shame that Gezel and Carla were involved.

If not, I would have pleaded with Sylvester not to abolish the law that holds every family member accountable for the crimes of a member.

It would have been nice to have the bastard resign because of Jenny and Neil’s conduct.

I knew it would also affect the Babanins, but the Lawrences, through Jenny, had stylishly taken over that seat so far.

It was all a colossal mess.

I went straight to my room, and sleep came quickly.

I woke up late.

It was expected since we arrived at the estate in the morning, and we were tired when we arrived.

I looked out the window and saw the sun was up in the sky, which meant it was afternoon.

up in a hurry

Volkov’s lounge, I noticed everyone was

Marcel, Theodore, Devin, Christian, Jake, Dominic, Kyle and

was the last to join

have slept well,” he said, and

lied, and Black grumbled in

the arrest,” Devin said, just as I had suspected, and I was

been another headache

and picked up

Sylvester’s hands, and I

asked him, and he

I knew he meant that mate

to let it go because

gem for that shit, and Sylvester now had my

letting her

trust her information,” I said, glancing through

and I was glad we were on the same

link her to the events, and everyone is singing the same

fed her father lies, and he put a target on her,” Sylvester

do not know Amanda like

opportunity to come clean to me but held it,” I said, and Devin shook

easy

saw you

not seem

of your reaction and chose to handle it the best way she could,” he said, making a valid point, but something did not sit

felt it

off

the north has to

can’t hold

fulfilled all

has confessed and

laws, she

would have been a different case if we could

have to let her go today, Leo,” he said, and I looked at him in shock, then looked at

want anything to work against installing me

a pregnant Luna prisoner after she has confessed and cooperated might be seen as tyranny, and that could make the council try to push

win, but it would unnecessarily prolong the

strike

will advise you to figure out what you want to do with your mate today so we can move on to more pressing matters, like figuring out who this king

the people on

have a lot of work to do to keep your place clean.” Sylvester said, and I

not want Amanda to go

you have scores to settle with your mate, but it is between you two

how I was

I want to be a part of

They laughed.

question anyone until Sylvester

all demand to be brought before the council before they speak, so we

is a possibility they would

when Sylvester is made king, and

their questioning with the council is the fastest way to make Sylvester

will send Sylvester a summon, which he is meant to

asked to come to the council and vote that Sylvester steps down for

forth our agenda and demand he

up with, however stupid it may be, we would just unanimously agree that we want a king and not a

council members and us, the top families would be

families would decide,

us, the council

might take a day or two, pending when the council chooses to act between summoning

knew dealing with Amanda’s issue was essential so we

more of a distraction and

to go deal with

got to the room that Amanda was

in, and she was sitting

me, and there was fear in

said, and Black

alpha to you!” I said, and

yet,” She said,

what you did to me,” I said,

do anything to

We are both guilty.

to do it, so