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.

was a fight, and they said the attack was

you ordered them to bring Tamia to you,”

he would

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the

Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin asked,

Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,”

and the girls in the

he could

did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly

Jenny and tried to make it seem like it

elaborating because that would

I said, going back to the topic of discussion, and they were

records, she had a child with

but she claimed it

have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I said,

baby?” Leo

from her, and she does not know

bastard!” he said,

only bastard if the baby

a 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 if the child is truly a

belonged to any

with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say that

can’t get enough

of it,” He said,

journals were

Devin and Dominic asked,

life that we took from her

to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

king?” I said, and

is a spillover

might be the same

too young to be the

it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and I

is the confusing part

meeting him and his family, I do not think he is the one.” I said, and

will be wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is

we should pull our resources together and trace this

to know if he is alive and where

he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no

this?” I asked, and Marcel

games have been cut short because of security issues and the rates of

ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make our

is happening and move in on the traitors

we stay away from the arena,

said, and I agreed with their devised

thought we should play some

their way,” Leo said, and we

except for Devin, who didn’t get

won’t trouble

know they

they are

Max has bigger issues.

pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put

the

Kyle are pretty strong warriors

I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice but to accept

the plans

Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

eyes only

them

hurried back to my

way, I saw

have

did not

me?” I asked her, and