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

Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and Devin was

he would

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

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

day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take

our mates and the girls in

wished he could take

a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew exactly what

and tried to make it seem

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

records,” I said, going back to the

had a child with

anyone’s child, but she claimed

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?” Leo asked,

she does not know where the baby

said, and I

bastard if the baby is a

Jenny’s child is a bastard not only

belonged to any of her

seemed obsessed with my father,” I said,

say that again,

enough

woman was out of it,” He

journals were

Dominic

personal life that we took from her home where she describes

easy to conclude that the woman

king?” I said,

is a

might be the same

too young

since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s

the confusing part of

his family, I do not think he is the one.” I said, and Leo leaned

will be wrong

think this bastard

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and

need to know if he

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

how are we doing this?” I asked, and

short because of security issues and

ends this

go to the arena tomorrow and

and move in

from the

to relax,” Marcel said, and I

thought we should play

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

Devin, who didn’t get the joke because he

trouble Linda

know they have

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

need all the

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the

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

plans again

introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

eyes only for

I let them

back to

way, I saw my mother at my

must have been

she did not bother to link

didn’t you link me?” I asked her,