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

to you,” Marcel

he

and my friends did

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

girls in the harem because of

he wished he could take it

these people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly what had

had killed Jenny and tried to

point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my

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

those records, she had a child with my father,

anyone’s child, but she

late by 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,”

this baby?” Leo

does not know where the baby is,” I said, and Dominic

he said,

if the baby is a

is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we

belonged to any

obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

enough of

out of it,”

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

were journals of her personal life that we took from her

easy to conclude that the

king?” I said, and Dominic

thing is a spillover from father’s

the

is too young

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

the confusing

it was David, but after meeting him and his family, I

wrong to dismiss

this bastard

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and

need to know if he is alive and where he

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

we doing this?” I

of security issues and

it ends this

go to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

nothing is happening and move in on the traitors

longer we stay away from the

relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their devised

we should

said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened at the

didn’t get the joke because he

won’t trouble

they have

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

need all the help we

strong warriors and the best the east

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

plans again and decided

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

still had eyes only

them go about their

hurried back

way, I saw

have been

wondered why she did

I