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

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

he would

and my friends did not know the truth about the

this Jenny woman,

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

humiliated our mates and the girls in

sure he wished he could take

Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly

had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

said, going back to the topic of discussion, and they

child with my father, or so she

anyone’s child, but she

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

this baby?”

she does not know where the baby is,” I

bastard!” he said, and

bastard if the baby

only because of

have belonged to

with my father,” I

can say

get enough of

woman was out of it,”

journals were

and Dominic asked, and

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

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

is the king?” I said, and

thing is a spillover

the same set

is too young to be the

said it

is the confusing

family, I do

wrong

think this bastard is worth

the arrest, we should pull our resources together

need to know if he is

the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,”

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

cut short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

it ends

go to the arena

happening and move in on

away from the arena, the more alert they

them to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their devised

thought we should play some Polo,

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

Devin, who didn’t get the joke

trouble

they have

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the

strong warriors and the best the east can

with

over the plans again

the ladies in the harem, but

eyes only

I let them

hurried back to

saw my mother at my

have

wondered why she did not bother to

me?” I asked her, and she