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 was from

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

he would

friends did not know the truth

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

visit our mother, and you had already

humiliated our mates and the girls in the

he could take it all

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

and tried to make it seem

was no point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth

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

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

child, but she claimed it was

would have been

baby?” Leo asked,

from her, and she does

he said,

the only bastard if the baby is a

not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not

belonged to any of her

seemed obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say that again,

get enough

woman was out of it,” He

the journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked,

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

easy to conclude that the

what if this son is the king?”

thing is a spillover

might be the

is too young to

since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and

confusing part

I do

will be wrong to

this bastard is worth

we should pull our resources together and

if he

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

how are we doing this?”

games have been cut short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

it ends this

go to the arena tomorrow

is happening and move in on the

the

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

thought we should play some Polo,

on their way,” Leo said, and we

laughed except for Devin, who didn’t

won’t trouble

know they

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

need all the

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the

with Leo’s choice, and my

went over the plans again and decided to

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

had eyes

I let them go about their

back to my

I saw my

must have been

she did not bother to link

link me?” I asked her,