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 attack was

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and

course, he

did not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did

this Jenny woman, let alone kill

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

had humiliated our mates and the girls

he could take it all back

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

tried to make

because that would

said, going back to the topic of discussion,

had a child with my father, or so

been anyone’s child, but she claimed it

have been a scandal, and she would have lost the

to this baby?”

does not

said, and

only bastard if the baby is a

claimed his mother, but Jenny’s child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair,

belonged

my

can say that again,

can’t get enough

out of it,”

the journals

Dominic

journals of her personal life that we took from her home where

easy to conclude that the woman was unstable.”

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

a spillover from father’s

the

young to be

it was

confusing

after meeting him and his family, I do

wrong

bastard is worth looking

our

need to know if he is alive and where he

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,” Leo added,

we doing this?”

games have been cut short because of security issues and

it ends this

the arena tomorrow and make our

is happening and move in on

we stay away from the arena, the

them to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their devised

should

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

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke because

trouble Linda

know they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

the help we can

warriors and

great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had

over the plans again and

ladies in the harem, but I doubted

had eyes only for

them go about their

back to

saw my mother at my

have

did not bother to

didn’t you link me?” I asked