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

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

he would

my friends did not know

would I attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let

our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said,

girls in

he wished he could take

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

had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem

was no point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my

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

records, she had a child with my father, or so

could have been anyone’s child, but she

on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the

to this baby?” Leo

and she does not know where the baby

said, and

bastard if

isn’t a bastard since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the

baby could have belonged to

my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that again,

enough

of it,” He said,

journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

were journals of her personal life that we took from her home

to conclude that the woman was

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

king thing is a spillover

be the same set of

too young to be the

be twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was after

the confusing

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

be wrong

bastard is worth looking

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and

need to know if he is

this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has

we doing this?” I asked,

of security

ends this

to the arena tomorrow and

move

from the arena,

to relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should play

on their way,” Leo said, and

didn’t get the

trouble Linda and

they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help we can

are pretty strong warriors and the best

a great team,” I said, agreeing with

the plans again and

to the ladies in the harem, but

still had eyes only

them go about their

back

my way, I saw my mother at

must have

she did not bother to link

didn’t you link me?” I asked her, and she