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 said

to you,” Marcel said,

course, he would

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

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

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 her,” Dominic said, and I

the girls in the

sure he wished he could take it all

concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it

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

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

she had a child

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

was late by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and

baby?” Leo asked, and

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

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the baby

but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit

belonged to any

my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

can’t get enough

of it,” He said,

journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and

that we took from her home where she describes

to conclude that the woman

the king?” I said, and Dominic

thing is a spillover from

be the same set of

too young to be the

twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it

confusing part of

thought it was David, but after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is

wrong to dismiss

this bastard is worth

our resources together and trace this guy

if he is alive

a serious sense of entitlement, and I am sorry to say 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,”

are we doing this?” I

of security issues and the rates

it ends

the arena

is happening and move in on

the arena, the more alert they

said, and I

thought we should play some Polo,

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

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

trouble Linda

know they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo

all the

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

plans again and decided

introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but

eyes

let them

back

way, I saw my mother at

have been

why she did not bother to link

link me?” I asked her, and