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.

a hurry and left

Volkov’s lounge, I noticed

Theodore, Devin, Christian, Jake, Dominic,

was the last to join them, and Sylvester smiled at

well,” he said, and I

I lied, and Black

of the arrest,” Devin said, just as I had suspected,

been another headache

sat and picked up a sandwich from the

a list in Sylvester’s hands, and I wondered

him, and

their members that we got from your mate’s drive,” He said, and I knew he meant that mate thing as

it go

for that shit, and Sylvester now had my

letting

her information,”

seemed surprised, and I was glad we were on

and everyone is singing the same song where she is

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

do not know Amanda like I

opportunity to come clean to me but held

not easy

you

did not seem

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

it was

am just uncomfortable letting her off the hook,” I said, and

has to let

can’t hold

has fulfilled all

has confessed and

laws, she

could link

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

not want anything to work

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

they won’t win, but it would unnecessarily

need to strike once and hit

mate today

the people on this list

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

not want Amanda to go scot-free

your mate, but it is

Sylvester added gently, knowing exactly how I was feeling, and I decided to

want to be a part of the

They laughed.

question anyone

to be brought before the council before

would go free if

be a shocker when Sylvester is made king, and they have to answer

fastest way to make Sylvester

council will send Sylvester a summon, which he

four leaders would be asked to come to the council and vote that Sylvester steps down

push forth our agenda and demand he be made king because the

we choose to come up with, however stupid it may be, we would just unanimously agree that

debate between the council members and us, the top families would be asked to

families would

us, the council would have to

day or two, pending when the council chooses

knew dealing with Amanda’s issue was essential so we

of a distraction

myself to go deal with

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

sitting

me, and there was fear in her

she said, and Black growled

you!” I said, and she

you have not forgiven me yet,” She said, putting down

did to me,” I said,

did not do anything

We are both guilty.

rejected me but refused to do it, so do not put this