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

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

he would

friends did not know the

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

was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you

and the girls in the harem

sure he wished he could take

concluded, and I did not want to elaborate

and tried to make it seem like

was no point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

said, going back to the topic of discussion,

records, she had a child with

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

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

baby?” Leo asked, and

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

bastard!” he said, and

only bastard if the baby is

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

seemed obsessed with my father,” I

can say

can’t get enough

was out of it,” He said,

journals were

and Dominic asked,

personal life that we took from

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

what if this son is the king?” I said, and

king thing is a spillover from father’s

be the same set

is too young to

since you said it was after Jenny’s

is the confusing

and his family, I do not think he is the

wrong to

think this bastard is

pull our resources together and trace

if he is

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

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

cut short because of security issues and the

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and

nothing is happening and move in on

stay away from the

them to relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened

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

trouble

they have

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help we

strong warriors and the best the east can

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my

over the plans again and decided to

Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they

had eyes

I let them go about their

hurried back to my

my way, I saw my mother at

must have

wondered why she did not bother to link

didn’t you link me?” I asked