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

you ordered them to bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said,

course, he

and my friends

Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin

you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge of shame in his

our mates and the girls in the

sure he wished he could take

I did not want to elaborate because

to make

or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and

Jenny liked to keep records,” I said, going back

records, she had a child with my father, or

been anyone’s child, but she claimed

it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the

baby?” Leo asked,

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

said, and

the only bastard if the baby

a bastard not only

baby could have belonged to any of her

with my father,” I

can say

can’t get enough

was out of it,” He said,

the journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and

were journals of her personal life that we took from her home

that the woman was unstable.” I

king?”

a spillover from father’s

the same set of

too young to be

said it was

the confusing part of

after meeting him and his family, I

wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is

should pull our resources together and trace this

know if he is alive and where he

entitlement, and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than

how are we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

cut short because of security issues

ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

and move in on

stay away from the arena,

said, and I agreed with

thought we should play some

and we all laughed, remembering what happened

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t get the joke because

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

the help we

pretty strong warriors and the

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

plans

planned on introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I

had eyes only

let them

hurried back to

saw my mother at my

must have been

why she did not bother to link

didn’t you link me?” I asked her, and she