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.

and they said

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

he would

friends did not know the truth about

and this Jenny woman, let alone kill

mother, and you had already attacked the estate to take her,” Dominic said, and

humiliated our mates and the girls in the harem because of

wished he could take it all

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did

to

that would unearth

liked to keep records,” I said, going back

had a child

child, but she

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

to this baby?”

and she does not

said,

only bastard if the baby is a

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

have belonged to any of her

also seemed obsessed with my father,” I

say

get enough

woman was out of it,” He said,

journals

Devin and Dominic asked, and

took

easy to conclude that the woman was

this son is the king?” I said, and

thing is a spillover from

might be the same set

is too young

be twenty-five twenty-six now since you said it was after Jenny’s husband’s death.” Dominic said,

is the confusing part of

it was David, but after meeting him and his family, I do not think he is the one.” I said,

will be wrong to dismiss

this bastard

we 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 no

we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel

games have been cut short because of security

ends this

go to the arena tomorrow and make our

and move in on

away from the arena,

said, and I agreed

thought we should play

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

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

trouble Linda

know they have

they

Max has bigger issues.

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

need all the

pretty strong warriors

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

plans again and decided to

ladies in the harem, but I doubted

still had eyes

them go about their

back to

I saw my mother

must have been

why she did not bother to

I asked her, and