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

to bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and

course, he would

my friends did not know

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

at that time 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 could hear the tinge of shame in

the girls in

he could take it all back

concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because

had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like

no point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I

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

to those records, she had a child with my father, or

could have been anyone’s child, but she claimed it was my

by then, 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 said, and they

to this baby?” Leo asked, and I

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

said,

bastard if the

child is a bastard not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not

baby could have belonged to any of

my father,” I

say that

get enough

out of it,” He

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

of her personal life that we took from

to conclude that

this son is the king?” I said,

is a spillover from

the same set of

young to

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

is the confusing part

I do not think he

will be wrong

this bastard is worth

the arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace

need to know if he

the one who thinks he is

how are we doing this?” I

short because of security issues and

it ends

go to the arena tomorrow and make our presence

nothing is happening and move in on the

we stay away from the arena, the

to relax,” Marcel said, and I

we should

Leo said, and we

for Devin, who didn’t get the joke because

won’t trouble

they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

seems Ramsey is behind his pack’s predicament, and Kyle is paranoid about his warriors,”

all the

are pretty strong warriors and the best

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

plans again and decided

in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

eyes

I let them go

hurried back to

my way, I saw my mother at

must have been

did not bother

link me?” I asked her, and