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

to you,” Marcel said, and Devin was

he

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know

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

Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the

humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because of

he wished he could take

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

and tried to make it seem like

explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

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

child with my

child, but she claimed

so that it would have

baby?” Leo

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

he said,

only bastard if

his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit

baby could have belonged to any

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

say that

get enough of

woman was out of

journals were

Dominic asked,

life that we took from her home where she describes all

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

is the king?” I said, and

is a spillover from

might be the same

is too young to

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

is the confusing

his family, I do not think

wrong

think this bastard is worth looking

the arrest, we should pull our

to know if he is alive

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

we doing this?”

games have been cut short because of security issues

ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow

and move in on the traitors

away from the arena, the more alert they

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

we should play

said, and we

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke because he

trouble Linda

they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

about his

need all the

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the

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

plans again and decided

ladies in the harem, but I doubted they

still had eyes

them go about their

hurried back to my

way, I saw my mother at my

must have been

she did not bother

link me?” I asked her, and she