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 the attack was from

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said,

course, he would

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

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

Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge

the girls in the harem because of

wished he could

I did not want to elaborate because I

tried to make it

point explaining or elaborating because that would

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

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

have been anyone’s child, but

by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost

to this baby?” Leo

from her, and she does

bastard!” he said, and I

bastard if the baby is a

child is a bastard not only because of the

baby could have belonged to any of

with my father,” I said,

can say

get enough of those

woman was out of

journals were

and Dominic asked,

took

to conclude that the woman was

is the king?” I said, and

a spillover

the same

young

it was

confusing part of

his family, I do

will be wrong to

think this bastard is worth looking

should pull our

know if he is alive and where

have a serious sense of entitlement, and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he

this?”

security issues

ends

the arena tomorrow and make our

is happening and move in on the traitors at

away from the arena, the more alert they will

them to relax,” Marcel said,

we should

are on their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what

didn’t

trouble Linda and

know they have

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said

will need all the help we can

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the

will make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice but to accept

over the plans again and

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

eyes only

let them go

hurried back

saw my

must have

wondered why she did not

me?” I asked her, and she