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.

and they

you ordered them to bring Tamia to you,”

he would

the attack, and my friends did not know the truth

Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin asked, and we

mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge of

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the

sure he wished he

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate

mother had killed Jenny and tried to

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

keep records,” I said, going back to

records, she had a child with my father, or so

anyone’s child, but she

was late by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been

to this baby?” Leo asked,

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

bastard!” he said, and

the only bastard if the

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

baby could have belonged to

seemed obsessed with my father,” I said, and

can say

enough of

woman was out of it,” He said,

journals were

and Dominic asked, and

were journals of her personal life that we took from her home where she describes

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

if this son is the king?” I

king thing is a spillover from father’s

be the same set of

young to be the

it was

is the confusing

family, I do not think he is the one.” I said, and Leo

be wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is

we should pull our resources together and trace this

if he

and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,” Leo added,

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make

happening and move in on

away from the arena, the more alert they

said, and I

thought we should play

Leo said, and we all laughed,

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t

trouble Linda

know they have

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo

the help

are pretty strong warriors and the best the

a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice but to

went over the plans again and decided to

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up

still had eyes

I let them

back to

way, I saw my

must have

why she did

me?” I