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.

and get to the bottom of this?” I asked, and he

“Very useful.

the council to reach out

the regional Leaders to vote me out of office because this is a tyrant behaviour I

contrary, the regional leaders, who are now my allies, would raise a

and the elite families will be asked

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

people would want to talk, but I did not want to push it, so

then, what would we do while we wait for the council to

a long time since we spent

want to

form, have a picnic, and make love under the stars,” he said, and I

sounded so irresistible that a

It was most welcomed.

approve,” he said, smiling at

up with everyone, then we will start our day,” he told me and pulled

eyes for something

will be free of these people and live in

to sink his teeth and complete

blue moon,

to his lounge while

you?” I

a tea party in the eastern

I were bored and decided to hang out with

and Nicole are

the life of the

and Katya are bonding

is here too, and

remembering Stephanie

wonder how Sylvester would

was happy for both of

were having fun

to the eastern garden, and the party

were gossiping and

that they knew

wondered who had told

misled, others felt it served her

her relationship with Sylvester,

how many people hated her, even her sidekicks, who

wasn’t

Kappa Wilson linked me

feel about it,

and returned to the mansion

me in the

I asked him, and

I knew he was mad

he put his

Annika before she leaves,”

they couldn’t work it

want to say,

knowing I

about the babies?” I asked, worried for

be there for them, but she said no,” he said, and I knew

Alphas were proud.

let her?” I

I do not

her on the balcony that day, and none of this would have

was the beginning of my

It won’t work.

her, I will always see her as the reason

clean start,

use them,

their father, they will come

of them,” he

felt no pain, but I kept it to myself, wanting our conversation

to come clean, and she never

given me the flash drive when I confronted her, but

careful around her if I were

woman is dangerous and

I threw away my life for her

I did was stupid, and it would haunt me for the rest of

from the love department