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.

and they said the attack

Tamia to you,” Marcel

course, he

the attack, and my friends did

this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin

Tamia to visit our mother, and you

and the girls in the harem because of

he could take it all back

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

to

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth

said, going back to the topic of

she had a child with my father, or so

child, but she claimed it

seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal,

this baby?” Leo asked, and

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

said, and

bastard if the baby is

not only because

baby could have belonged to any

obsessed with my father,” I

say that again,

enough of those

woman was out of it,” He

journals

and Dominic asked,

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

is easy to conclude that the woman was

the king?” I said, and

is a

might be the same set

too young to be the

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

is the confusing

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

will be wrong

think this bastard

arrest, we should pull our resources

need to know if he is alive and

likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than

this?” I asked, and

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

it ends

arena

nothing is happening and move in on the traitors at

we stay away from the arena, the more alert they

said, and I

we should

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

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

seems Ramsey is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put

all the help we

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the

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

went over the plans again

in the harem, but I doubted

eyes

let them go about

hurried back to my

I saw my mother

must have

why she did not bother to link

you link me?” I