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.

was a fight, and they said

ordered them to bring Tamia to

course, he would

and my friends did not know the

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

you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the tinge of shame

the girls in the harem because

he

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

tried to make it seem

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

Jenny liked to keep records,” I said, going back to the topic of

had a child with my father,

could have been anyone’s child, 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

to this baby?” Leo asked,

does not know where

said, and

bastard if the baby

only because of the

belonged to any

with my father,” I said, and

say that

can’t get enough of

out of it,” He

journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and

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

that

is the king?” I said, and Dominic

is a spillover from father’s

might be the same set

too young to be

said it was after Jenny’s

the confusing part of

after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is the one.”

will be wrong

bastard is

should pull our resources together and

know if he is alive and where

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

this?” I asked, and

games have been cut short because of security issues and the

ends

the arena tomorrow and

and move in

the arena, the more alert they will

relax,” Marcel said, and

thought we should

way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened at the last

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

trouble

know they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to put

all the help we

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best

aside, we will make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice

went over the plans again and

Devin and Leo to the ladies in the

had eyes only

I let them go

hurried back to my

saw my mother at

must have been

she did

link me?” I