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 the attack was

ordered them to bring Tamia to you,” Marcel

course, he

attack, and my friends

attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone kill

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

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because of the

wished he could

Devin concluded, and I did not want to

killed Jenny and tried to make

would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

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

she had a child with my father, or so

anyone’s child, but she claimed it was my

his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,”

baby?”

father took the baby from her, and she does not know where the

said, and I

bastard if the

since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the child is truly

could have belonged to any of

my father,” I said, and

say that

get enough

was out of it,” He said,

the journals were

Dominic asked,

of her personal life that we took

to conclude that the

this son is the king?” I

is a

be the same set

too young to be

since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and

the confusing part of

but after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is

wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth looking

should pull our resources together and trace this

know if he is alive and where

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

we doing this?” I

games have been cut short because of security issues and the

ends

arena tomorrow and make our presence

happening and move in

away from the arena, the more alert they

Marcel said, and

should play some Polo,

and we

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

trouble Linda and

they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and Marcel’s

need all the help we can

pretty strong warriors and the best the

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

went over the plans again

the ladies in the harem, but I

still had eyes only for

them go about

back to my

my way, I saw my mother

must have been

she did not

link me?” I asked her, and