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.

a fight, and they said the attack was from

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

he would

my friends

Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone

Tamia to visit our mother, and you had

girls in the harem because

am sure he wished he could take it all

and I did

tried to make it seem like

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

records,” I said, going back to

she had a child with my father,

anyone’s child, but she claimed it

on the council so that it would have been

baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the baby is a

mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only

baby could have belonged to any of

with my father,” I

say

enough

out of

the journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

of her personal life that we took from her home where

to conclude that the

king?” I

king thing is a spillover

might be the same set of

is too young to be the

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

confusing part

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

wrong to

bastard is worth

should pull our

know if he is alive

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,”

are we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

security

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

and move in on the traitors

from the arena, the more alert they will

need them to relax,” Marcel said, and

should play some

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

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

won’t trouble Linda

know they

they

Max has bigger issues.

Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo

all the help we can

Kyle are pretty strong warriors

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

plans again and decided to

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

had eyes only

them go about their

hurried back to

way, I saw my mother at

must have

she did

didn’t you link me?” I