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

Tamia to you,” Marcel said,

he would

the attack, and my friends did not know the truth

would I attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin

seemed plausible at that time since that was the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked

girls in the harem

sure he wished he could take it

badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly

tried to make

that would unearth my mother’s

back to the topic of

she had a child with my father, or

have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s

baby?” Leo asked,

she does not

bastard!” he said, and

the only bastard if

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

have belonged to any of

with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

get enough of

out of

the journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic

her personal life that we took from her home where

is easy to conclude that

is the king?” I said, and

a

the

is too young to

said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic

is the confusing part

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

will be wrong to

bastard is worth

pull our resources together and trace

to know if he is alive

the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want

this?”

of security

ends

go to the arena

nothing is happening and move in on

we stay away from the arena, the more

Marcel said, and I agreed with

should

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

who didn’t get

trouble Linda and

they have

they

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the help we

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the east

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

went over the plans again and

on introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

eyes only

them go about

hurried back to

saw my mother

have been

she did

me?” I