Shadows of Destiny

I returned to the lounge while Tamia helped settle David and his family in.

I wonder why Dominic did not show up to meet the guy.

I knew my brother was petty like our mother.

He knew Alissa, and she was mean to him and our mother.

It was normal that he would avoid her son and not want to have anything to do with David, but he needed to overcome his hatred and show some love.

I entered the lounge, and Dominic was there.

My guess was right about him not wanting to see David.

“How did it go?” Dominic asked me, and I sat down on the couch.

“You would have known if you were there,” I said, and his face dimmed.

“I can’t have anything to do with that bastard,” Dominic voiced out, and I nodded.

“That bastard is the spitting image of father and seemed pleasant too.

He isn’t interested in our politics and has a lovely mate and three children, who happen to be triplets, by the way,” I explained to Dominic, and I could see the shame in his eyes.

My words rendered him speechless.

Everyone was quiet too.

It was as if I had made the atmosphere seriously awkward.

“We are not obligated or expected to avenge mother, Dominic.

Our parents lived their lives and made mistakes; we do not have to continue the pattern among ourselves,” I said, and he felt ashamed.

“Where is he?” Dominic finally asked.

“Tamia is settling them in,” I told him, and he nodded.

“I will see them later,” he said, and I sighed.

Once the atmosphere was calm, Devin was the first to speak.

“My beta would arrest the people in the south today.

But he said he would do it quietly, so they do not alert the people here,” he explained to me, and I sighed.

“So what will happen after we pick these people up and you become king?” Leo asked a valid question because what we were doing was only going to buy us time, not solve the problem.

“I will give both of you seats on the council, increasing my influence, and we will hunt for someone,” I said, and they were attentive.

I did not know if Dominic knew of Jenny’s son, but this was the time to lay it on the table.

“Jenny Lawrence had an affair with my father.

She also slept with Marcel and Theodore’s father,” I said, and they were shocked.

“This Jenny woman is all over the place,” Devin said, making an obvious observation.

“But that isn’t the issue, really,” I said and sighed.

“We investigated her home a few months ago and found some pretty disturbing things.

The woman had a knack for keeping records.

Official and private records, some of which were disturbing.” I said, and Theodore interrupted me.

“Maybe her involvement in these things is what got her killed.

She might have pissed them off, and they came for her and then tried to make it seem like it was Corrigan.

I am glad we did not act on the information we had,” he said, and Devin exclaimed.

“What attack?” He asked.

“Jenny was killed in the Volkov home in Lucland when she visited lady Stephanie.

they said the attack was

bring Tamia to you,”

he

did not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the truth about

Jenny woman, let

visit our mother, and you had

humiliated our mates and the girls in the

he wished he could take

badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly what had

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and

going back to the topic of discussion, and

a child with my

child, but she

on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the

to this baby?” Leo asked, and

from her, and she does not know where the baby is,” I said, and

said,

the only bastard if the

bastard since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure

have belonged to any of

with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

enough

woman was out of it,”

the journals were

Dominic asked, and I

of her personal life that we took from her home where she

easy to conclude that the woman

what if this son is the king?” I

thing is a spillover from father’s

the same

young

twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic

is the confusing part

him and his family, I do

will be wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth looking

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace

to know if he is alive and where

and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks

doing this?” I asked, and

of security issues and the rates

it ends this

will go to the arena

nothing is happening and move

the arena, the more alert they

them to relax,” Marcel said,

thought we should play some

their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened

didn’t

won’t trouble

know they

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and Marcel’s minds at

need all the help

pretty strong warriors and the best the east

said, agreeing with

the plans again and decided

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but

eyes only

I let them go about

hurried back to my

my way, I saw my mother at my

have been

wondered why she did

I