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

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

he would

attack, and my friends did not know the truth about

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

taking Tamia to visit our mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and I could hear the

and the girls in the harem because of

am sure he wished he could take it all

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

mother had killed Jenny and tried to

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

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

a child with my

but

was late 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

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

bastard!” he said,

bastard if the

not only because of the illicit affair, but we are not

have belonged to

with my

can say that

get enough of

woman was out of it,” He

the journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked,

took from her home where she describes all

that the woman

is the king?” I said,

is a

be the same set of

young to be

twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s

is the confusing part of the

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

wrong to

think this bastard is worth looking

we should pull our resources together and

need to know if he is alive

he is likely the one who thinks he is owed because other than that, he has no reason to want to be king,”

doing this?” I

security

ends

the arena tomorrow and make

move in on the traitors

the arena, the

Marcel said, and

thought we should play some

their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed,

who didn’t get the joke because

won’t trouble Linda and

they have

they are

Max has bigger issues.

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

will need all the help

warriors and the best the

agreeing with Leo’s choice, and my friends had no choice but to accept

the plans again

introducing Devin and Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they

had eyes

I let them go about

hurried back to my

I saw my mother at my

must have been

why she did not

I