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

he

attack, and my friends did not know the truth about

and this Jenny woman, let alone

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

mates and the girls in

sure he wished he could take it

war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I knew

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it

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

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

records, she had a child with my father, or so she

child, but she claimed

was late by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I said,

this baby?” Leo

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

bastard!” he said, and

bastard if the

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

have belonged to any of her

also seemed obsessed with my

say that again,

get enough

was out of

journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

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

that

the king?” I said, and Dominic shook

is a

might be the

young to

you said it was

is the confusing part

was David, but after meeting him and his family, I do not

be wrong to

this bastard is

arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace

he is alive and where

sorry to say this, but he is likely the one

we doing this?”

of security issues and the

ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

move in on

from the arena, the more alert they

them to relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should play

said, and we all

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

won’t trouble Linda

know they

anything, they

Max has bigger issues.

predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about

need all the help we

are pretty strong warriors and

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

over the plans again and decided to

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

had eyes only

them

hurried back to my

way, I saw

must have

she did not

link me?” I asked her, and she