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 the

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

course, he

the attack, and my friends did not know

woman, let alone

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

girls in

he could take it all

want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not

Jenny and tried to make it seem like

point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

back to

those records, she had a child with my father,

have been anyone’s child, but she claimed

have been a scandal, and she would

this baby?” Leo asked, and

the baby from her, and she does not

said,

the only bastard if the baby is a

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

belonged to any

with my father,” I

can say

get enough

out of

journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and

took from her home

to conclude that

this son is the king?” I

thing is a spillover from father’s

be the same set of

too young to be the

should be twenty-five 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 said, and Leo

be wrong

think this bastard is worth

the arrest, we should pull our resources

if he is alive and where

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,”

are we doing this?” I asked,

have been cut short because of security issues and

it ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow and make

nothing is happening and move

we stay away from the arena, the more alert

said, and I agreed

thought we should play

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

except for Devin, who didn’t get the

trouble Linda and

they

they

Max has bigger issues.

paranoid about his warriors,”

will need all the

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the east can

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice

plans

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem,

had eyes only

I let them

back

my way, I saw

have been

wondered why she did

me?” I asked her, and