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.

a fight, and they said the

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

he would

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know

this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?”

our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take

our mates and the girls in the harem because of

he could take it all back

I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly what had

tried to make

would unearth my

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

those records, she had a child

child, but she claimed it was

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

this baby?” Leo asked, and I

my father took the baby from her, and she does

he said,

bastard if the

bastard not only because of

have belonged

with my

say that

get enough

woman was out of it,” He said,

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

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

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

the king?”

thing is a

might be the same set

young to

said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and

is the confusing part

him and his family, I do not

be wrong to dismiss

bastard

arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace

know if he is alive and

one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,” Leo added, and we

how are we doing this?” I

cut short because of security issues and the rates of

ends this

the arena tomorrow and make our

is happening and move in on the

longer we stay away from the arena, the more alert they

to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with

thought we should play

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering

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

trouble

they have

they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

the help we

pretty strong warriors

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and

the plans again and decided to

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

eyes only

I let them go

back

saw my mother at

have been

she did not bother to link

link me?” I asked her, and