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

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and Devin was

course, he

and my friends

Lady Volkov and 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

our mates and the girls in the harem because of

he wished he could

and I did not want

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth

keep records,” I said, going back to the topic of discussion,

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

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

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 they were in

this baby?” Leo asked,

and she does not know where the baby

he said, and I

if the baby is a

mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because

baby could have belonged to any

my father,”

can say

can’t get enough of

woman was out of it,”

the journals were

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

journals of her personal life that we took from

is easy to conclude that the woman was

king?” I said, and Dominic

a spillover from

be the same

too young to

said it was after Jenny’s husband’s

is the confusing part of the

and his family, I do

wrong

think this bastard is worth

we should pull our resources

need to know if he

sense of entitlement, and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed

we doing this?” I asked, and

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

it ends

the arena tomorrow and make

move in

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

relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with

we should

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

didn’t

trouble

know they

they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

need all the help

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the

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

the plans again and

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the

eyes

I let them

back to

saw my

must have

did

me?” I asked her,