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.

was a fight, and they said the attack was from

Tamia to you,” Marcel

he would

friends

woman, let alone kill her?” Devin asked, and

was the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the

he

and I did not want to elaborate because

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

or elaborating because that would

I said, going back to the topic of

a child with my

have been anyone’s child, but she claimed it

have been

baby?” Leo asked,

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

he said, and I

only bastard if

isn’t a bastard since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the

belonged to any of

obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

get enough of

was out of it,” He said,

journals

Dominic

were journals of her personal life that we took from her home where she describes all

easy to conclude that

king?” I said,

king thing is a spillover from

the same

is too young to

it was

confusing part of

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

be wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth

pull our resources together and trace this

if he is alive and

I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,” Leo added, and we

this?” I

games have been cut short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

it ends

arena tomorrow and make our

happening and move

longer we stay away from the

to relax,” Marcel said,

we should play some

on their way,” Leo said, and

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t get the

won’t trouble Linda

know they have

they

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help

warriors

we will make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s

went over the plans again and

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

had eyes

them

hurried back

my way, I saw my mother at my

must have been

why she did not bother to link

me?” I asked her, and she