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.

and they said

ordered them to bring Tamia to you,”

course, he

attack, and my friends did not know

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

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

mates and the girls in the harem because

he wished he could take it

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it

because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I

to keep records,” I said, going back to the topic of discussion, and they were

had a child with my father,

anyone’s child, but she

on the council so that it would have been

baby?” Leo

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

said, and I

only bastard if the baby is a

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

have belonged

obsessed with my

say that

get enough

of it,” He

the journals

Dominic asked, and I

life that we took from her home

conclude that

what if this son is the king?”

thing is a spillover from father’s

the

is too young to be

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

is the confusing part of

after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is

be wrong to dismiss

think this bastard

our resources together

to know if he is alive and where

one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want

doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

have been cut short because of security issues and the rates

it ends

arena tomorrow and make our presence

and move

away from the arena, the

to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with

should

are on their way,” Leo said, and

Devin, who didn’t get

trouble

know they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

Kyle is paranoid about his

the

warriors and the best the

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

over the plans

Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up

eyes only for

them

hurried back to my

way, I saw my mother

must have

why she did

you link me?” I asked her, and