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.

they said the attack

to you,”

he would

attack, and my friends did not know

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

Tamia to visit our mother, and you had

mates and the girls in

sure he wished he could take it all back

war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem

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

said, going back to the

those records, she had a child with

been anyone’s child, but

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,

to this baby?”

the baby from her, and she does not know where the baby is,” I said,

bastard!” he said,

the only bastard if the baby is

bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the child is truly

have belonged

also seemed obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say

get enough of those

was out of it,” He

journals were

Devin and Dominic asked,

journals of her personal life that we took

conclude that the woman was unstable.”

king?” I said, and Dominic

thing is a spillover from father’s

might be the same set

too young to

it was after

confusing part of

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

will be wrong to dismiss

this bastard

we should pull our resources together and trace

if he is alive and where

king guy must have a serious 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 we

this?”

cut short because of security issues

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

nothing is happening and move

from the arena, the more

Marcel said, and I agreed with their

should play some

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

for Devin, who didn’t

won’t trouble

know they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo

the help we

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and

a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends

over the plans again and decided

on introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem,

had eyes only for

let them

back

I saw

must have been

she did not

you link me?” I asked her, and she