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 attack

them to bring Tamia to

he would

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the

and this Jenny woman, let alone kill

that was the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and

humiliated our mates and the girls

am sure he wished he could take

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

tried to make it seem like it was

or elaborating because that would unearth

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

had a child with my father, or so she

have been anyone’s child, but she

it would have been a scandal, and she would

baby?” Leo asked,

father took the baby from her, and she does not know where the baby is,” I said,

he said,

only bastard if the baby

since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair,

have belonged to

obsessed with my

can say that

enough of those

woman was out of it,” He said,

journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

took from her home where she describes

easy to conclude that the

this son is the king?” I said, and Dominic shook his

king thing is a spillover from

the same set

is too young to be

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

confusing

his family, I do not think he is the one.” I

wrong to dismiss

bastard is

we should pull our resources together and trace

to know if he is alive and where

sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed

doing this?”

security issues and the

it ends this

go to the arena tomorrow and

is happening and move in on the

stay away from the

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

should play

said, and we all laughed, remembering

who didn’t get the

won’t trouble Linda

know they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore

all the

pretty strong warriors and the

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

over the plans

and Leo to the ladies in

still had eyes only for

them go about

hurried back to my

I saw

must have been

did not bother to

link me?” I asked her, and