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.

fight, and they said the attack was

bring Tamia to you,” Marcel said, and Devin

course, he

friends did not know

I attack Lady Volkov and this Jenny woman, let alone

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

girls in the harem because of the

he wished he

people want a war badly,” Devin concluded, and I did not want to elaborate because I

Jenny and tried to make it

would unearth my mother’s secrets, and

keep records,” I said, going back to the topic of

had a child with my father,

anyone’s child, but

would have been a scandal, and she would

this baby?”

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

said, and

bastard if the baby is a

child is a bastard not only because of the

baby could have belonged to any of her

with my

say that again,

enough of

out of it,” He

journals were

Leo, Devin and Dominic asked,

were journals of her personal life that we took from her

to conclude that the woman was unstable.” I

the king?”

king thing is a spillover

might be the same set of

is too young to

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

is the confusing part of the

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

wrong to

this bastard is worth

arrest, we should pull our resources together and trace this

to know if he is alive and where he

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

are we doing this?” I asked, and Marcel leaned

cut short because of security issues and the

ends this

arena tomorrow and

is happening and move in

longer we stay away from the arena,

to relax,” Marcel said, and I agreed with their

should

are on their way,” Leo said, and we all laughed, remembering what happened at the last

Devin, who didn’t get the

trouble Linda and

they have

they

Max has bigger issues.

paranoid about his warriors,”

all the help we can

Kyle are pretty strong warriors and the best the

make a great team,” I said, agreeing with Leo’s choice, and

the plans again and

Leo to the ladies in the harem, but I doubted

still had eyes

I let them go about their

back to my

way, I saw my mother

must have been

why she did not bother to link

I asked