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.

can’t question them and get to the bottom of this?” I

“Very useful.

force the council to

out to the regional Leaders to vote me out of office because

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

be a back and forth, and the elite families will be asked to

I understood that was part of the plan already, but we needed to

did not

the council to reach out to you?” I asked him, and he

time since

to spend time with

in wolf form, have a picnic, and make love under the stars,”

so irresistible that a moan

It was most welcomed.

approve,” he said, smiling at me,

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

eyes for something and

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

him to sink his teeth and

did not need the blue moon, but it was

head to his lounge while I

you?” I linked

party in the eastern

were bored and decided to hang

Nicole are here

the life

Katya are bonding

here too, and she reeks of

giggled, remembering

how Sylvester would

happy for both of

were having fun

garden, and the party

were gossiping and

they knew what had happened

wondered who had

some girls felt she was misled, others felt it served her

her relationship with Sylvester, and they did

people hated her, even

guess loyalty wasn’t part of

garden, Kappa Wilson linked me that Leo wanted to see

know how to feel about

myself from the party and returned to the mansion

in

I asked him,

and I knew

Leo?” I asked him, and he

she leaves,” He

they couldn’t work

to say, Tamia, but please

said, knowing I would talk him

worried for

for them, but she said no,” he said, and

Alphas were proud.

you let her?” I asked

and I do not

rejected her on the balcony that day, and none

the beginning of my

It won’t work.

see her as the

clean start,

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

know their father, they will come

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

he felt no pain, but I kept it to

come clean,

the flash drive when I

around her if I were

is dangerous and cannot

can’t believe that I threw

the rest of my life, but I want

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