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

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

course, he

not orchestrate the attack, and my friends did

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

plausible 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

our mates and the girls

he could take it all back

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

Jenny and tried to make it seem like it was

or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s

back to the

records, she had a child with

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

late by then, and she occupied his seat on the council so that it would have been a scandal, and

this baby?” Leo asked,

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

he said,

if

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

could have belonged to any

with my father,” I

say that

get enough of

of it,” He said,

journals

and Dominic asked, and

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

conclude that the

this son is the king?” I said, and

thing is a spillover from father’s

might be the same set of

is too young to be

since you said it

the confusing part of the

family, I do not think he is the one.” I said, and

be wrong to dismiss

this bastard

we should pull our resources together

need to 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

we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

because of security issues and

it ends this

to the arena tomorrow and make our

move in on

from the arena, the more

to relax,” Marcel said, and

we should play

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

except for Devin, who didn’t

won’t trouble Linda

they have

they are very

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help we can

strong warriors and the best the east can

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

plans

in the harem, but I doubted they were up

eyes

I let them go about their

hurried back

saw my mother at my

have been

wondered why she did not bother

didn’t you link me?” I asked her, and she