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.

fight, and they said the attack was from

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

he would

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

woman, let alone

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 could hear the tinge of

the girls

he wished he

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to

tried to make

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

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

a child with my father, or so she

child, but she claimed it was

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,

happened to this baby?” Leo

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

bastard!” he said,

if the baby is a

his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we

baby could have belonged

my father,” I said, and

say that again,

can’t get enough of those

out of it,”

journals

and Dominic asked,

life that we took from her home where she describes all manner

conclude that the woman

son is the king?”

thing is a spillover from father’s

might be the same

too young to be

now since you said it was after Jenny’s

the confusing

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

will be wrong to dismiss

bastard

should pull our resources together

need to know if he is alive

one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,” Leo added, and

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

of security issues and

ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow

is happening and move in on the traitors at

from the arena, the more alert they will

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

should play some Polo,

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

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

won’t trouble Linda

know they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the

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

went over the plans

in the harem, but I doubted

eyes

I let them

back to my

saw my

must have been

why she did not bother

I asked her, and