Shadows of Destiny

Chapter 0397 Sylvester should have listened to me and told them the truth.

"It seems she has been hiding a lot," Marcel added, and Avery tried to stop him.

"No, Ave," Marcel said, sounding a bit hurt.

""We are supposed to be brothers. I am not against your relationship with Tamia, but you seem to secretly run things together and leave us behind. It is almost as if we are only told what she feels is okay for us to know," He said, blaming me for his friend's secrecy.

It was easy for them to point at me. I was the new person in the mix.

"Do not blame Tamia for anything. No one is keeping things from you," Sylvester said, and Marcel shook his head.

"Then give me the journal she kept.

Prove to me that Amanda was rambling nonsense and your mother did not help Devin to murder our fathers," he said with misty eyes. There was silence because he looked betrayed.

"Let us not do this in the hallway; let's discuss this in my office. While our mates handle other business." Sylvester said, and Marcel shook his head.

"Tamia is very much a part of this; It would be wrong for her not to be there.

You have never been secretive with us until she came along," Theodore said, and I knew they disliked me now.

"It hurts that you will think that badly of me," I said, looking at them.

"I have never done anything to hurt or destroy your friendship. Amanda speaks, and you believe, and suddenly, I am the enemy. Did it ever occur to you that we kept certain things from you two for the sake of peace? Maybe we needed to investigate and be clear before sharing, so emotions don't run high and we hurt the ones we love?" I asked, and Theodore chuckled.

"So you admit it. At least I have to commend you for your honesty, Tamia.

You do not owe us an explanation.

Sylvester, here is the one that owes us an explanation. He is the one we answer to," He said.

"Very well then, I will be silent," I said, and Marcel shook his head.

"No one is telling you to be silent, Tamia, we just want to know what really went down, and if what Amanda said is true, it is wrong for Sylvester to hide his mother away. She helped turn our mothers into widows. She should stand trial if that happened," Marcel said, and my heart broke for him because the truth would hurt him.

"Devin clearly stated he had no business with any letter," Avery said, getting short with Marcel, and I held her a hand to calm her down.

"No, Tamia, how can Amanda say something and Marcel and Theodore would attack you and Sylvester?" She asked, and Marcel shook his head.

"It wasn't based on what Amanda said.

What she said triggered a memory, which seemed plausible, and Tamia

has just admitted to doing it." Marcel explained, and I knew Sylvester was getting short. He began to walk very fast, and I followed him, trying to keep up; Avery, Marcel and Theodore followed him too. I did not know where he was going until we got to our wing and he entered his office.

I could feel Knight's anger, and I knew Sylvester wasn't happy with how his friends attacked us.

"Whatever we did not tell you was to protect you," Sylvester growled at Marcel, "You want to lock my mother up for what? She should have to answer to what crime, Marcel? For writing a letter? Since when was that a crime?" Sylvester asked him.

"If it led to deaths, it is a crime,

I Sylvester. You might not like your father, but we loved ours," Marcel argued, and Sylvester laughed.

"That is great, but we dug into the matter and kept it quiet because of the repercussions," Sylvester said, and Theodore interrupted him. They had clearly forgotten he was the King now, but I knew he would excuse their behaviour.

"You're King Sylvester. You should be fair, even where your mother is concerned," Theodore said, and Sylvester laughed.

"You actually think that this has anything to do with my mother," He said to his friends smiling.

"Well, 1 will tell you what happened, and I hope you will be willing to judge the culprits then," he said and sat on

I his chair, ready to tell them what Devin had told me.