Chapter Sixty Eight

Ricky’s POV

The next couple of days had gone by without any problems. Me and my brothers’ relationship with Shannon had gotten better and we seemed to understand each other better now.

I could now see why she had been adamant in fostering the connection we were supposed to have from the start. It had begun to yield fruits as my father had grown less suspicious of us as the days went by. My brothers had played their part to the fullest and Shannon had been the most impressive amongst us all. She sold her character so well that it was difficult for me to figure out if she was being overzealous or if this was her true self.

My father had also begun to trust me and my brothers with more than enough information now that it was clear we had accepted the mantle of leadership that was always destined for us.

Under my father’s directive, we had also stepped up our plans on how to capture Fergus Black, a pain in our backside, before he got news of the plans and escaped like he had often done