Shadows of Destiny

After breakfast, we had to converge at the lounge to discuss matters.

Tamia went with Linda and Avery while my mother left us to handle the issues concerning the upcoming ceremonies.

I have never been this mentally busy, but dealing with this king forced me to put my brain cells to work.

If it weren’t for the lives it threatened, I would have said I was enjoying the cat-and-mouse game the uprising was playing.

“Four days to go, and you will be the official king.

How do you feel about it?” Dominic asked me, and I looked at him, searching my mind for an honest answer.

“Honestly, Dominic.

I feel nothing.

I feel under pressure like I will be taking up more responsibilities,” I confessed, and he laughed.

“To think father fought tooth and nail for what was given to you on a platter,” he said in deep thought.

I knew Dominic cared for our father a lot and wasn’t aware of what our father did to him.

I hope the time won’t come when I must tell him the man he held on to in his happy fairytale memory never acknowledged his worth.

“I never agreed with your ideology, Sylvester, but I do now,” he said and sat beside me.

Marcel and Theodore were making themselves comfortable, while Leo and Devin were yet to join us.

“If you had attacked the south and destroyed the east as I advised, these people would have won.

I am glad you know when to be merciful and when to be ruthless,” he confessed, and just then, Leo and Devin joined us.

“Since you told me what Ramsey said, I took it upon myself to check the people on that list and the names checked out.

The list she gave us was accurate.

I returned to the prison to show Ramsey, and he agreed with the list.

Those were names of their associates and members,” He said with concern.

“So, what are you driving at?” Dominic asked him.

“Amanda and her lover planned on using these people, and if it goes wrong, dispose of them.

See what she did to her cousin and father.

They are trying to make us clean up their mess,” He said, and I knew where he was driving.

“The uprising group has ended, and the so-called king man would look for another means of getting what he wants.

See these people and the uprising thing as a failed project.

These people on this list do not have any viable information about the king man and Amanda.

They make her seem like a victim and keep saying he is an older man.

That would force us to a point at Ramsey, but we know Ramsey doesn’t have the capacity and smarts for this.

They have stylishly disposed of their allies so they can go into hiding and start afresh later.” Marcel said, and Theodore cleared his throat.

“That is why it is paramount that Annika wakes up.

She must have information that is not in circulation to make Amanda go as far as slipping her poison.

We might be wrong, but it’s worth the attempt,” he said, and I nodded.

Just then, Tamia linked me.

“Amanda is in Cains, and Jacob Mikhailov just visited her.

They argued, and he left.

asked Hendrix to stay

joining him

I said, and she closed the

the matter?” Marcel said; he must have noticed my eyes glazed over while Tamia and I

not so nice giveaway that I

and Theodore,

we should check there,” Marcel linked

and Jacob Mikhailov visited her at her hotel to complain and argue,” I linked them, and Marcel gently nodded, not

do? You asked that we should not declare her wanted,”

want her to think she succeeded and is

She will contact Leo.

the

will contact him,” I said, and

will be trouble in paradise soon,” I said

mean?” Marcel asked me, and

specific reason and their emotions were worked on, I believe the king man

that survived the

to count for

a protective shield in

her fall in love so she would wholeheartedly do his bidding: to recruit her father and make

like a continuation of what happened in my father’s era, but in actual sense, it is something new,” I said, and

they fell in love,”

broke it down for me,” I said and looked at Leo because what I was about to say would make both of us

fell in love

never imagine sharing Tamia with someone else so I can achieve my goal; I would

Likewise you.

a while to let go of her,

with her and claim her so you can have power

and he shook his

fresh tears, and I

wanted them to see

said, “almost beat me up when the

have,” Devin said, and I

“Likewise myself,” I said.

“I can’t.

imagine her having someone else’s

drive my wolf

it took a lot

was a friendly hug, but my wolf won’t

so-called king man sent the

fated, he had

her to stay with him and screw him

house, so Amanda must have had your scent regardless,”

sorry about where this discussion is going, Leo, but I need

said so he would know I did

clear the man would never heal, and I

because he knew

could have been avoided if he had kept

that after what happened between Susan and

and Devin

with it, but the goddess didn’t allow

got her pregnant,” Devin said,

is crazy about

why she would go as far as she

has destroyed her bond and her entire family for his

back to sleep with him; she

him, she is dispensable,” I said,

I looked

our topic of

separate

knows she won’t give him up, but he might disappear and make himself

she will

grabbing on straws, looking for comfort, she will

not to come back but to make a connection because you will be her