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

Christian, Jake, Dominic, Kyle and

was the last to join them, and

slept well,” he said, and I

and

others of the arrest,” Devin said, just

another headache

up

hands,

asked him, and he handed

your mate’s drive,” He said, and I knew

let it go

had thrown away a gem for that

wasn’t letting

do not trust her information,” I said, glancing through

surprised, and I was glad we were

we still can’t link her to the events, and everyone is singing

and he put a target on her,” Sylvester said,

know Amanda

opportunity to come clean to me but held it,” I

were not easy to be with,

you

not

she could,” he said, making a valid point, but something did not sit well with me

it was

am just uncomfortable letting her off the

has

can’t hold

has fulfilled all

has confessed and

our laws, she

case if we could link her to these people as actively among

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

do not want anything to work

she has confessed and cooperated might be seen as tyranny, and that could make the council try to push

they won’t win, but it would unnecessarily prolong the

to strike

you want to do with your mate today so

cent of the people on this list

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

did not want Amanda to go scot-free for all she did

you have scores to settle with your

be involved.” Sylvester added gently, knowing exactly how I

now, but please, I want to be a part of the

They laughed.

won’t question anyone until Sylvester is

to be brought before the council before they speak,

possibility they would go free if

when Sylvester is made king, and

council is the fastest way to make

Sylvester a summon, which he is meant to

council and vote that Sylvester steps down for blatantly refusing to see the council and

our agenda and demand

come up with, however stupid it may be, we would just unanimously agree that we want a king and

us, the top families

families would decide, championing

side with us, the

process might take a day or two, pending when the

Amanda’s issue was essential so we could focus on the problem at

was more of a distraction and

go

that Amanda was being held

sitting in the chair reading a

and there

she said, and

you!” I said,

me yet,” She said, putting

can never forgive what you did to me,” I said, and

do anything

We are both guilty.

me but refused to do it, so do not