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,”

course, he

not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the

woman, let alone kill her?”

and you had already attacked

and the girls in

sure he wished he could take

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

and tried to make it seem like it

elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and

going back to the

to those records, she had a child with

anyone’s child, but she claimed it was my

then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have

happened to this baby?”

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

bastard!” he said,

if the

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

could have belonged to

obsessed with my

say

get enough of those

woman was out of it,” He

the journals

Dominic asked, and I

journals of her personal life that we took from her home where

to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

is the king?” I said, and

is a spillover

the

young to be

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

confusing part of the

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

be wrong to dismiss

bastard

we should pull our resources

need to know if he is

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

how are we doing this?” I asked, and

short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures and

it ends

arena tomorrow and make

happening and move in on the traitors

longer we stay away from the arena,

to relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should play some

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed,

didn’t get the joke because he wasn’t

trouble Linda and

they have

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

seems Ramsey is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,”

will need all the

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the

great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my

plans again and

on introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem,

had eyes only for

them go

hurried back

I saw my mother at

have been

did not

you link me?” I asked her, and she