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 was from

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

course, he would

and my friends did not know the

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

you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge of shame in

our mates and the girls in

he wished he

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

Jenny and tried to make it seem

that would unearth my

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

those records, she had a child with my

but

the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I said, and they were in

baby?”

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

bastard!” he said, and I

the only bastard if the

a bastard not only because of the illicit affair,

belonged to any of

obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say

can’t get enough of those

out of it,” He said,

journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic

of her personal life that we took from her home

conclude that the

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

a

be the same set of

is too young to be

said it was

confusing part

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

wrong

this bastard is worth

should pull our

know if he

and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

security issues and the rates of forfeitures

ends this

go to the arena tomorrow

nothing is happening and move in on the traitors at

from the arena, the more alert they

relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed

we should play some Polo,

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what

didn’t get the joke because he wasn’t

trouble

they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and Marcel’s minds at

the

are pretty strong warriors and the best the

great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice but

over the plans again and

to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

still had eyes only

let them go about

back to

way, I saw my mother

must have been

why she did not bother

I asked her, and