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.

a fight, and they said the attack

Tamia to

he

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

this Jenny woman, let

the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge

humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because

he wished he could take it all back

Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like

that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could

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

records, she had a child

been anyone’s child, but she claimed it was

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

happened to this baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

he said, and I

only bastard if the baby is a

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

belonged

also seemed obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say

enough

was out of it,” He

journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

her personal life that we took

easy to conclude that

son is the king?”

thing is a spillover

the

is too young to be the

said it was after Jenny’s husband’s

is the confusing part

I do not think he is

will be wrong to

this bastard is worth looking

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace this guy

he is alive

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, and we

doing this?” I asked, and

of security issues and the rates of

ends

go to the arena tomorrow and

happening and move in on the

we stay away from the arena, the more alert they will

relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their

thought we should play some Polo,

and Max are on their way,” Leo said, and we

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke because

trouble Linda

they have

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and

will need all the help

are pretty strong warriors and the best the east

said, agreeing with

the plans again and decided to

planned on introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

eyes

them go about

hurried back

I saw my

must have been

wondered why she did not bother

didn’t you link me?” I asked