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.

freshened up in a hurry and

lounge, I

Theodore, Devin, Christian, Jake, Dominic,

last to join them,

have slept well,” he said, and

and Black grumbled

others of the arrest,” Devin said, just as I had suspected, and I was relieved that there

would have been another headache to

picked up a sandwich from

was a list in Sylvester’s hands, and

him, and he

that we got from your mate’s drive,” He said, and I knew he meant that mate thing as a jab since everyone

had to let it go because

gem for that shit,

letting her

not trust her information,” I

I was glad we were on the same

can’t link her to the events, and everyone is singing the same song where she

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

not know Amanda

to me

easy to be with,

you in the

did not seem

of your reaction and chose to handle it the best way she could,” he

felt it

off the hook,” I said, and Theodore

has

can’t hold

fulfilled

has confessed

to our laws,

would have been a different case if we could link her to these people as

let her go today, Leo,” he said, and I looked at him

do not want anything to work against

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

course, they won’t win, but it would unnecessarily

to strike

mate today so we can move on to more pressing matters, like

on this

lot of work to do to keep your place clean.”

not want Amanda to go scot-free

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

cannot be involved.” Sylvester added gently, knowing exactly how I

I want to be a

They laughed.

won’t question anyone until

be brought before the council before they

possibility they would go free if we

be a shocker when Sylvester is made king,

fastest way to make Sylvester king, and we

will send Sylvester a summon,

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

and demand he be made king because the current situation

stupid it may be, we would just unanimously

between the council members and us, the top

knew what the top families would decide, championing our

us, the council would have to back

might take a day or two, pending when the council chooses

issue was essential so we could focus on the

more of a distraction

myself to go deal with my

the hallway, and when I got to the room that Amanda was being held in, a

sitting

and there was fear in her

said, and Black

you!” I said, and she

not forgiven me yet,” She said,

did to me,” I

not do anything

We are both guilty.

refused to do