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

them to bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and

course, he would

my friends did not know the

woman, let alone kill her?”

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

had humiliated our mates and the girls in the

sure he wished he could

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

killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

was no point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not

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

she had a child with my father, or so she

but she claimed it was

council so that it would have

baby?”

claimed my father took the baby from her, and she does not know where the

said, and

if the

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

belonged to any

obsessed with my father,” I said,

can say

enough of

of it,” He

journals

and Dominic asked, and

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

to conclude that

what if this son is the king?”

thing is a spillover from

might be the same set

young to be

twenty-six now since you said it

is the confusing part

David, but after meeting him and his family, I do not think

will be wrong to

think this bastard is

should pull our

he is

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

are we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

because of security issues and the rates of

ends

arena tomorrow and

happening and move in on the

stay away from the arena, the more alert they

relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed

should play

Leo said, and we all

except for Devin, who didn’t get

won’t trouble Linda and

they

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

all the

strong warriors and

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

plans again and

in the harem, but I doubted

eyes only for

let them go about

back to my

saw my mother

have

she did not

me?” I asked her, and