Shadows of Destiny

~Tamia~ I was glad when Sylvester returned home.

I felt him snuggle into bed with me in the early hours of the morning, and the fact that he was home with me made me thankful.

It was hard to express my fear.

I woke up early and snuck out of bed.

Sylvester was still asleep, so I decided to let him rest.

I freshened up in the bathroom and headed out to speak to Stephanie, Katya and Nicole about the wedding plans.

The truth was we couldn’t continue to put it off; we needed all hands on deck, and those were the ones available.

Due to my last experience, I did not want to trust the planner without having people there to watch her if she wasn’t getting it right.

I knocked on Stephanie’s door, and it took a while for her to let me in.

I stepped in and could pick up Jake’s scent in the room but kept it to myself.

So much for being just friends with the Alpha.

Stephanie seemed to be getting her groove back.

I maintained a stoic face and went to sit on the couch.

“Good morning, Luna,” I said, and Stephanie smiled at me.

“Out with it, Tamia; I know you smell him,” she said, and I laughed, then made a lip-sealing gesture, and she smiled at me.

“What can I help you with?” She said, knowing I must have needed something to show up in her room the way I did.

“I need you to help plan our wedding; of course, Katya and Nicole will help, but since we are too occupied to do anything, I was hoping you could do it for us,” I said, and she beamed at me.

“I get to plan my sons’ wedding; why not?” she said, and I was thrilled.

I got off the couch and hugged her.

Stephanie was slightly off, so it hit me that Jake might still be in that room.

I decided to take my leave.

“Do you mind telling Katya and Nicole on our behalf? Katya should be happy; it’s her wedding, too,” I said, and she nodded, wanting me to leave the room badly.

I got to the door and touched the knob.

“Tell Alpha Jake that he should make sure he rounds up and make himself available in Sylvester’s lounge before the lord wakes up,” I said, and Stephanie sighed.

“Oh, Tamia,” she said, and I giggled and opened the door.

I stepped out of Stephanie’s room, still giggling.

Done with it, I returned to my bedroom to rest.

I went to lie down, and soon I fell asleep too.

I woke up later, and it was almost noon.

Sylvester was awake, and he was getting dressed.

“You are finally up,” I said, and he giggled.

“You are the one that was sleeping, Green-eyes,” he said, and I shook my head.

“I woke up, freshened up and returned to bed,” I said, and he looked at me and smiled.

I got off the bed and handed him a paper with the list of names on Amanda’s flash drive.

I handed it to Sylvester, and he glanced through the content.

“Those are the list of names we got from the flash drive.

Maybe we can use it to question the prisoners,” I said, and he sighed.

“For now, I won’t be able to question them.

They have requested to be brought before the council.

A request I have deliberately denied according to our plan,” He said, and I was surprised.

we can’t question them and get

“Very useful.

force the council to reach out to

they would reach out to the regional Leaders to vote me out of

contrary, the regional leaders, who are now my allies, would raise a bill for reasons known to them that

back and forth, and the elite families will

as we see fit,” He explained, and I understood that was part of the plan already,

did not want

we do while we wait for the council to reach out to you?” I asked him,

been a long time

to spend time

make love under the stars,” he said, and I beamed

irresistible that a

It was most welcomed.

see you approve,” he said,

then

searched my eyes for something and then

live in peace,” He said, touching my tiny bump and

for him to sink his teeth

moon, but it was worth

head to his lounge while I searched for

are you?” I linked

a tea party in the eastern

were bored and decided to hang out with

Nicole are here

life

and Katya

Stephanie is here too, and she reeks of

remembering Stephanie and

wonder how Sylvester would

was happy for both of

were having fun amid all the

to the eastern garden, and

gossiping

that they knew what had happened to

who

felt she was misled, others felt it

lied about many things, especially her relationship with Sylvester, and they did not wish

hated her, even her

guess loyalty wasn’t part of

Wilson linked me

feel about it, but I

myself from the party and returned to the mansion to

for me in the hallway close

everything alright?” I asked him,

expressionless, and I knew he was mad

asked him, and he put his hands in his pocket

say goodbye to Annika before she

that they couldn’t work

you want to say,

way,” He said, knowing I would talk

asked, worried for the unborn

he said, and I knew Amanda might have said that out of

Alphas were proud.

you let her?” I asked him, and

and I do

the balcony that day, and none of

the beginning

It won’t work.

keep her, I will always see her as the

start,

would try to use them, and I do not want to give her that room, so I have

ever desire to know their father, they will come looking for

have a lot of issues to handle, and Amanda can’t be one of them,” he said with a final tone, and I knew his

was also confused that he felt no pain, but I kept it to myself, wanting our conversation to

the opportunity to come clean, and she

could have given me the flash drive when I confronted her,

would be careful around her if I

dangerous

threw away my life

stupid, and it would haunt me for the rest of my life, but

to take a break from the love department and re-evaluate my