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.

what use are they if we can’t question them and

“Very useful.

arrest would force the council to reach out to

and they would reach out to the regional Leaders to vote me out of office because this is a tyrant behaviour I shouldn’t partake

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

back and forth, and the

become king, we can question them as we see fit,” He explained, and I understood that was part of the plan already,

want to talk, but I did not want to push it,

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

been a long time since we spent quality

want to spend

a picnic, and make love under the stars,” he

idea sounded so irresistible that a moan escaped

It was most welcomed.

approve,” he said, smiling at me,

the lounge to catch up with everyone, then we will start our

eyes for

these people and live in

for him to sink his

moon, but it was

the room to head to his lounge while I

are you?”

party in the eastern

and decided to

Nicole are here

life of the party,

and Katya are

here too, and she reeks of

giggled, remembering

wonder how Sylvester would take

happy for both of

fun

eastern garden, and

gossiping and

that they knew what

who had told

girls felt she was misled, others felt it served her

relationship with Sylvester, and they

many people hated her, even her sidekicks, who were always

loyalty wasn’t

in the garden, Kappa Wilson linked me that Leo wanted

how to feel about

from the party and returned to the mansion to

for me in the hallway close to

I asked him,

eyes were expressionless, and I knew

and he put his hands in

to say goodbye to Annika before she

that they couldn’t work

you want to say,

He said, knowing I

about the babies?” I asked, worried for the unborn children, and

she said no,” he said, and I knew Amanda might have said that

Alphas were proud.

her?” I asked him,

did, Tamia, and I do not

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

the beginning

It won’t work.

always see her as the reason

a clean start,

to help with the children, but It seems she would try to use them, and I do not

desire to know their

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

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

come clean, and she

given me the flash drive when I

be careful around her if I were

woman is dangerous and

believe that I threw away my life for her

for the rest of my life, but I want a

from the love department and re-evaluate my