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

to bring Tamia to you,”

course, he

attack, and my friends did not know

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

plausible at that time since that was the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take

mates and the girls in the harem because of the

he could take

I did

Jenny and tried to

that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not allow

liked to keep records,” I said, going back

to those records, she had a child with my

been anyone’s child, but she

council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I

this baby?” Leo

took the baby from her, and she does not

said, and I

bastard if the

not only because of the illicit affair, but

could have belonged to any of her

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

can say that

get enough of those

woman was out of it,” He

journals were

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

were journals of her personal life that we took from her

that the woman was

this son is the king?” I

king thing is a spillover

be the same set of

is too young to be

you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.”

confusing

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

be wrong to dismiss

this bastard is worth looking

should pull our resources together and trace

if he is alive and where he

one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to

we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

short because of security issues and the rates

it ends this

the arena tomorrow

happening and move in on the traitors

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

need them to relax,” Marcel said, and

should play some

on their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering

who didn’t

trouble

they have

they

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the

strong warriors and the best the

with Leo’s

plans again and

to the ladies in the

had eyes

them

hurried back to my

way, I saw my mother at my

have been

did not bother to

I asked