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

to you,” Marcel said,

course, he

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

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

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

and the girls in the

sure he wished he could

I did not want to

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like

or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

keep records,” I said, going back

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

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed it was

was late by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I said, and

to this baby?” Leo asked, and

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

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the baby

bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the child is truly

belonged to

also seemed obsessed with my father,”

can say that

can’t get enough of those

woman was out of it,” He said,

the journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

journals of her personal life that we took

to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

king?”

king thing is a spillover from

might be the

too young

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

the confusing part of

thought it was David, but after meeting him and his family, I

will be wrong

this bastard is worth

we should pull our resources together and trace this guy

he is alive

one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has

are we doing this?” I asked,

cut short because of security issues

it ends

the arena tomorrow and make our presence

happening and move in on the traitors

away from the

Marcel said, and I agreed with

should play some Polo,

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened at the last

Devin, who didn’t get the joke because he wasn’t

trouble Linda

know they

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help

warriors and the best the

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

went over the plans again and decided to

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

had eyes

let them go about

hurried back to my

my way, I saw my mother

have

did not bother to

I