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 the attack was

Tamia to you,”

course, he

not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did

and this Jenny woman, let

taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to

our mates and the girls in

sure he wished he could take it

and I did not want to elaborate

mother had killed Jenny and tried to

would

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

a child with my

anyone’s child, but she claimed it was my

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

this baby?”

my father took the baby from her, and she does

bastard!” he said, and I

if the baby is

is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair,

belonged to

seemed obsessed with my father,” I

say that again,

get enough

out of

the journals

and Dominic asked, and I

were journals of her personal life that we took from

conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

son is the king?”

king thing is a spillover from

be the same set

young to be the

twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s

confusing part of the

family, I do not think he is the one.” I

wrong to dismiss

bastard is worth looking

we should pull our

to know if he

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,”

this?” I asked, and Marcel

security issues and the

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

and move in on the

the

relax,” Marcel said, and I

thought we should

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened at the

Devin, who didn’t get the joke

won’t trouble Linda and

know they

they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the help we can

warriors and

we will make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had

over the plans again

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

had eyes only for

let them go about their

back

saw my mother

have been

did not

link me?” I asked