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

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

he would

and my friends did not know the truth

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

to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and

mates and the girls in the harem because

he could take it

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it

would unearth my

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

records, she had a child with my

anyone’s child, but she claimed it

council so that it would have been a

happened to this baby?”

the baby from her, and she does not

said, and

if the baby is

not only because of the illicit affair, but we are

belonged

also seemed obsessed with my father,”

say

get enough of

of it,”

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and

personal life that we took from her

is easy to conclude that the woman was

king?”

thing is a spillover

the

young to be

said it was after Jenny’s husband’s

is the confusing part of

I do not think

will be wrong to dismiss

this bastard is worth

we should pull our resources together and trace this

if he is alive

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 be king,” Leo added, and we

are we doing this?” I asked, and

cut short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures and

ends

to the arena tomorrow and make

happening and move in on the

away from the arena,

relax,” Marcel said, and I

thought we should

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

Devin, who didn’t get the joke

trouble

know they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the help we

pretty strong warriors and the

team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice,

over the plans again

and Leo to the ladies in

had eyes only

let them go about

hurried back to

my way, I saw my mother at my

have been

why she did not bother to

you link me?” I asked her, and