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

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said,

course, he

my friends did not know the truth about

and this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin asked, and we

since that was the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you

humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because of the

he

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

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not allow

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

she had a child with my father, or so

child, but she claimed

late by 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 seat,” I said,

happened to this baby?” Leo

took the baby from her, and she does not know

he said,

only bastard if the baby

Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit

belonged

my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say

enough of

woman was out of it,” He said,

the journals

and Dominic asked, and

took from

to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

the king?” I said,

is a

the same set of

is too young to be

twenty-six now since you said it

the confusing part of

I do not think he

be wrong to dismiss

think this bastard is worth looking

we should pull our resources together and

he is alive and

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 to be king,” Leo added, and

doing this?” I asked, and

short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures and

it ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow and

move in on the traitors at

away from the arena,

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

should play

way,” Leo said, and

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

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

they are

Max has bigger issues.

predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo

need all the

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors

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

plans again and

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

still had eyes only for

them go about

hurried back to my

my way, I saw

must have been

did not bother to

you link me?” I asked her, and