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 attack was from

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

he

friends did not know the truth about

Jenny woman,

Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge of shame in

mates and the girls in the harem because of

he could

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

to

point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets,

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

she had a child with

been anyone’s child, but

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

to this baby?” Leo asked, and I

she does not

he said, and

bastard if

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

have belonged

also seemed obsessed with my father,” I said,

can say

enough of

was out of it,” He

the journals were

Devin and Dominic asked, and

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

that the woman

what if this son is the king?” I said, and Dominic shook

is a

the same set of

too young to be the

twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.”

the confusing

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

be wrong to dismiss

this bastard is worth

our

know if he is alive and where

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,”

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

because of security issues and the

ends

to the arena tomorrow and make our

nothing is happening and move in on the traitors at

stay away from the arena, the

them to relax,” Marcel said,

we should play some Polo,

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

Devin, who didn’t

trouble

they have

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the help we

are pretty strong warriors and the best the east

team,” I said, agreeing with

the plans again and decided to

to the ladies in the harem,

still had eyes only for

I let them go about

back

way, I saw my mother at

have

wondered why she did not bother to link

I asked her, and