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

to you,” Marcel said, and Devin

course, he would

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

this Jenny woman, let

day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already

mates and the girls in the harem because

he could take it all

concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I

tried to make it seem

because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

back to the topic of discussion, and

child

have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

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

this baby?”

her, and she does not know where the baby

said,

only bastard if

but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only

baby could have belonged to any

seemed obsessed with my father,” I

can say

enough

was out of it,” He

the journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and

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

is easy to conclude that the woman was

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

king thing is a spillover from father’s

the same set of

is too young to be the

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

confusing part of

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

will be wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth looking

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace this

to know if he is alive and where

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,

how are we doing this?” I asked, and

because of security issues and the rates

ends

to the arena tomorrow

is happening and move in on the traitors at

from the

need them to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with

should play some Polo,

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

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t get

won’t trouble Linda and

they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and Marcel’s

need all the help we can

strong warriors and

great team,” I said, agreeing with

over the plans again and decided

the ladies in the harem,

still had eyes

them go about

back to my

saw

have

did not bother to link

I asked