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.

they said the attack was

them to bring Tamia to

course, he would

my friends did not know the truth about the

I attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let

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

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because of

wished he

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

killed Jenny and tried to

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

keep records,” I said, going back to the topic

to those records, she had a child with

but

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, and they were in

baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

he said, and I

if the baby

child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not sure if the child

belonged to any of

seemed obsessed with my father,” I said, and

can say

enough of

woman was out of it,” He said,

the journals were

and Dominic asked,

took from her home where she describes all manner of

easy to conclude that the

this son is the king?”

king thing is a spillover

be the same set

is too young

be twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was

is the confusing part of

his family, I do not

wrong to dismiss

this bastard is

the arrest, we should pull our resources

to know if he is

entitlement, and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one

we doing this?” I asked,

been cut short because of security issues and the

ends

arena tomorrow

nothing is happening and move in on

longer we stay away from the arena, the more alert

said, and I

we should play

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed,

didn’t get the joke because he

trouble Linda

know they

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put Theodore and Marcel’s

need all the

pretty strong warriors and the best

with Leo’s choice, and my friends

went over the plans again and decided to

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

eyes

I let them go about their

hurried back to my

I saw my mother at

have been

why she did not bother to

you link me?” I asked her, and