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 said the

to you,” Marcel

course, he

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

this Jenny woman, let alone kill her?” Devin

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

had humiliated our mates and the girls in

sure he wished he could take it

want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not

had killed Jenny and tried to make it seem like

point explaining or elaborating because that would unearth my mother’s

back to the

to those records, she had a child with my father,

have been anyone’s child, but

so that it would have been

to this baby?” Leo asked,

baby from her, and she does

said, and I

the only bastard if

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

have belonged

with my father,” I said, and Theodore

say that

enough

woman was out of it,” He

the journals

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked, and I

life that we took from her home where

conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

this son is the king?” I said,

thing is a spillover from

might be the

is too young to be

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

confusing part of

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

be wrong to dismiss

this bastard is worth

we should pull our

need to know if he is alive and where

guy must have a serious 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

doing this?” I asked,

short because of security issues and the

it ends this

the arena tomorrow and make

move in on the traitors

we stay away from the

need them to relax,” Marcel said, and I

we should play

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

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

trouble

they have

anything, they are

Max has bigger issues.

about his warriors,” Leo said

the help

strong warriors and the best the

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

plans again and decided

to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted they were up for

eyes only for

I let them go about

back

saw my mother

must have

did not bother to

I asked her, and she