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 from

you ordered them to bring Tamia to

he would

orchestrate the attack, and my friends

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

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

girls in the harem because of the

he wished he could

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

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it

because that would unearth my mother’s

I said, going back to the topic of discussion,

a child with my father,

child, but she claimed it was

seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost the Babanin’s seat,” I said,

to this baby?”

from her, and she does not know where the baby is,” I said, and

bastard!” he said, and I

bastard if the

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

belonged to any of

my father,” I said, and Theodore

say that again,

get enough of those

was out of it,” He said,

journals were

Dominic asked, and

life that we took

that the woman

the king?” I said,

thing is a spillover from

be the

is too young to

it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic

confusing part

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

wrong

this bastard is worth

pull our resources together

if he is alive and where he

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

this?” I asked, and

cut short because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow

and move in on

from the arena, the

relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should play some

Max are on their way,” Leo said, and we

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

trouble

know they have

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

the help we can

and Kyle are pretty strong warriors

aside, we will make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends

went over the plans again and

the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they

had eyes

them go

back to my

way, I saw my mother

have

did

you link me?” I asked her, and she