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

Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and Devin was

course, he

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

attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman,

mother, and you had

and the girls

he wished he could take it all back

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did

had killed Jenny and tried to

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth

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

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

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,”

to this baby?” Leo asked, and I

and she does not

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the baby is

bastard since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only

could have belonged to

with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say that again,

enough

out of it,”

journals were

Dominic

that we took from her home where she describes all

conclude that the woman was

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

a spillover from

the

too young to be the

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

is the confusing

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

wrong to

this bastard is worth looking

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

he is

and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

games have been cut short because of security issues and the rates

it ends

arena tomorrow and

nothing is happening and move in on the

stay away from the arena,

them to relax,” Marcel said, and

we should

and Max are on their way,” Leo said, and we all

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke

won’t trouble

know they

they

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help we can

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the east can

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

over the plans again and decided to

the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

eyes only

I let them go about their

back to my

way, I saw my

have

wondered why she did not bother to

didn’t you link me?” I