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

course, he would

friends did not know the truth about the

would I attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone kill

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

our mates and the girls in the harem because

wished he could take

badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem

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

back to the

a child with my

been anyone’s child, but

his seat on the council so that it would have

this baby?” Leo asked, and I

my father took the baby from her, and she does

he said, and

bastard if the

isn’t a bastard since father claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit

baby could have belonged to any of

with my father,”

say that

enough

of it,”

journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and

life that we took from

to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

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

thing is a

the same set

too young to be the

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

confusing part

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

be wrong to dismiss

this bastard

we should pull our resources together and trace this

to know if he is alive and

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

we doing this?”

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

ends

arena tomorrow and

happening and move

from the arena, the

need them to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed

should play some

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

didn’t get

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about

need all the help we

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends

plans again and decided

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

had eyes only

let them go

hurried back to

my way, I saw my mother at

must have

wondered why she did not bother to

you link me?” I asked