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.

a fight, and they said

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

course, he

attack, and my friends did not know the truth about

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

the day Sylvester was taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem

he wished he

did

and tried to make it seem like it was

elaborating because that would unearth my

back to the topic of discussion, and they

a child

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed it was

and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the

baby?” Leo asked,

her, and she does not know where the

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the baby

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

baby could have belonged to any of

obsessed with my father,” I

can say that

get enough of

woman was out of it,” He said,

journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and

took from her home where she describes all

is easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

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

king thing is a spillover from father’s

might be the

young to

should be twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said,

confusing part of the

after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is the one.” I said, and Leo leaned

will be wrong

think this bastard is worth looking

we should pull our resources together and trace this

if he is alive and where he

guy 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 because other

we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

cut short because of security issues and the

ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make our

and move

the arena, the more

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

thought we should play

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

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

won’t trouble

they

they are

Max has bigger issues.

seems Ramsey is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,”

will need all the

pretty strong warriors and the best the east

said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had

over the plans again and

and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

had eyes only

let them go

back to my

my way, I saw my

have been

why she did not bother to

me?” I