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

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

course, he

orchestrate the attack, and my friends did not know the truth about

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

to visit our mother, and you

humiliated our mates and the girls in

am sure he wished he could take it all back

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s secrets, and I could not allow

said, going back to the topic of discussion, and they

had a child with my father, or

have been anyone’s child, but

so that it would have been a scandal, and she would have lost

baby?”

and she does not know where the baby is,”

said,

the only bastard if the baby

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

baby could have belonged to any of

with my father,”

say that again,

enough of

out of

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked,

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

conclude that the woman

son is the king?” I said, and Dominic

thing is a

the same set of

too young to

it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said, and

is the confusing part

I do not think he is the one.”

be wrong

bastard is

our resources together and

know if he is

a serious sense of entitlement, and I am sorry to say this, but he is likely the one who thinks he is

this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

cut short because of security issues and the rates of

ends

the arena tomorrow and make our presence

is happening and move in on

from the arena, the more

said, and I agreed with their

thought we should play

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

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

won’t trouble Linda and

know they have

anything, they are very

Max has bigger issues.

is paranoid about his warriors,” Leo said quickly to

all the help

strong warriors and the best the east can

team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice,

over the plans again and

ladies in the harem, but I doubted they

still had eyes only for

I let them go

back to

I saw my mother

must have

did

me?” I asked