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.

was a fight, and they said the attack

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel

he

my friends

Volkov and this Jenny woman, let

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

the girls in the harem because of the

am sure he wished he could

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like

or elaborating because that would unearth

said, going back to the topic of

a child with my father, or

child, but she claimed it was my

so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have

this baby?” Leo

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

said,

the only bastard if the baby is

child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the

have belonged

obsessed with my

say that

can’t get enough of those

woman was out of it,” He said,

journals were

Devin and Dominic asked, and I

that we took

to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

king?” I

king thing is a spillover

the same set of

is too young to

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

is the confusing

his family, I do not think he is the

will be wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth looking

we should pull our resources together and trace this

he

must have a serious sense of entitlement, 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 reason to want to

how are we doing this?” I asked, and

been cut short because of security issues and the rates

it ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make

move in on the

stay away from the arena,

relax,” Marcel said,

should

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

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke

won’t trouble Linda

they

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said

the help

are pretty strong warriors

with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice

over the plans again and decided to

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

had eyes

I let them

back

saw my mother

have

she did not bother to link

you link me?” I asked her,