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.

they said the attack was

to bring Tamia to

he would

my friends

Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone

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

girls in

wished he could take

did not want

to make it seem like

that would unearth my mother’s

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

child

have been anyone’s child, but she

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 they were

this baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

said,

only bastard if the baby

a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but

belonged to

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

say that

enough of those

out of

journals were

Dominic asked, and I

that we took from her home where she

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

is the king?” I

king thing is a spillover from father’s

be the same set

too young to be

should be twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and

confusing

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

will be wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is

the arrest, we should pull our resources

to know if he is

to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks

this?” I asked,

been cut short because of security issues and

ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow

happening and move in on the traitors at

away from the arena, the

them to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their

we should play some

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what

didn’t get the joke because he

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about

the help we can

are pretty strong warriors and

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no

over the plans

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

eyes only

I let them go about

back to my

I saw my

must have been

she did

link me?” I