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 from

to you,” Marcel said, and

course, he

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know

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

wished he could take it all

and I did not want

tried to make it seem like it was

because that would unearth my mother’s

back to the topic

child with my father,

but she

council so that it would have been

happened to this baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

bastard!” he said, and

bastard if the baby

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

baby could have belonged

my father,” I said, and Theodore

say

get enough of those

out of

the journals

and Dominic asked, and

journals of her personal life that we took from her home where she describes all manner of

is easy to conclude that the woman

son is the king?” I said, and Dominic

king thing is a spillover from

might be the

too young

since you said it was after

confusing

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

wrong

bastard is

we should pull our resources together and trace this guy

he is alive and

serious 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,” Leo

are we doing this?” I asked,

because of security issues and the rates of forfeitures

it ends this

will go to the arena tomorrow

move in on the traitors

away from the arena, the more

Marcel said, and I agreed

should play

on their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened

Devin, who didn’t get the joke because he

trouble Linda

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

need all the help

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and

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

the plans again and decided to

the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

still had eyes only

them go about

back to my

saw

must have been

why she did

you link me?” I asked her, and