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

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and

course, he

friends did not know

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

was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic

mates and the girls

wished he could take it all back

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want

mother had killed Jenny and tried to

because that would unearth my mother’s

liked to keep records,” I said, going back

those records, she had a child with my father,

child, but she claimed it was my

on the council so that it would have

happened to this baby?” Leo

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

he said,

bastard if the

child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if

could have belonged to any of

obsessed with my father,”

can say

get enough of those

woman was out of it,” He said,

the journals were

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

her personal life that we took from her home where

conclude that

son is the king?”

thing is a

the same

young

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

the confusing part of the

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

wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is worth

arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace this

if he is

must have a serious sense of entitlement, 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

this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

been cut short because of security issues and the rates of

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and

is happening and move in on the traitors at

the arena,

to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed

we should play some Polo,

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

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t get the

trouble

they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his

will need all the

are pretty strong warriors and the best the east can

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

went over the plans again

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

eyes only

I let them go

back

my way, I saw

must have

wondered why she did not

I asked her, and she