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 from

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

he would

the attack, and my friends did not know the

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

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

girls in the harem

he could take it

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem

or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could

said, going back to the

had a child with

have been anyone’s child, but

the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I

this baby?”

claimed my father took the baby from her, and she does not know where the

bastard!” he said, and I

bastard if the baby

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

could have belonged

obsessed with my father,” I said, and Theodore

can say that

can’t get enough

of it,” He said,

the journals were

and Dominic asked, and I

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

is easy to conclude that

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

a spillover from

might be the same set of

young

it was after Jenny’s husband’s

is the confusing

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

be wrong

think this bastard

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace

to know if he is alive and

to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because

are we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

of security issues and

ends this

to the arena tomorrow and make

is happening and move in on

stay away from the

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

we should play

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

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

won’t trouble Linda and

they

they are

Max has bigger issues.

is paranoid about his warriors,”

will need all the help

strong warriors and the best the

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

plans again

the ladies in the harem,

eyes only

I let them go about their

back to

way, I saw my mother at

have

wondered why she did not bother to

you link me?” I asked her, and