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.

fight, and they said

you ordered them to bring Tamia to

he

not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the

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

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

and the girls in the harem because of the

he could take

did not want

tried to make it seem like it was

that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I

liked to keep records,” I said, going back to the topic of discussion, and they were

those records, she had a child

child, but she claimed it was

by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have

happened to this baby?” Leo asked, and

she does not know where the baby is,” I said,

said, and

the only bastard if the

his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the child

have belonged

seemed obsessed with my father,”

can say

enough

woman was out of it,”

journals

Dominic asked,

that we took from her home where

to conclude that the woman

what if this son is the king?” I said, and Dominic shook his

king thing is a spillover from father’s

be the same set

too young to be

said it was

the confusing part

I do not think he

wrong to

bastard is worth

pull our resources together and trace this guy

he is

this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason

this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

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

ends this

will go to the arena

move in on

from the arena, the more alert they will

Marcel said, and I agreed with their devised

should play

their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering

for Devin, who didn’t

won’t trouble Linda

they

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the

warriors

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

plans again

to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

had eyes only for

them go

back to

my way, I saw my mother at my

have been

did not bother to

me?” I