Ricky’s POV
One week later
The news took the wind out of me and I stood in utter shock and disbelief for over an hour, trying to process what I had just heard. I was struggling to wrap my head around how it could’ve happened and I couldn’t.
None of it made any sense to me.
Alpha Robin died in his sleep last night.
I shut my eyes, trying to keep the tears at bay. There was a lot of work to be done and I had to keep my grieving for a later time.
My brothers were disoriented and I couldn’t blame them. None of us had seen this coming from a mile away. The d
Ricky’s POVThey agreed with what I had just said and I knew that it was going to make this job a whole lot easier for all of us involved. “Do you think that’s all father said to them?” Jules asked as we sat at the table to decide on the next step to take. I paused for a moment, digesting his question. “I don’t think so. “Father always has a backup plan, always.” “Do you have any idea what it might be?” Cole asked. “I don’t and to be honest with you, I have no intentions of finding out. That's why it’s paramount that we make this plan worthwhile. Everything depends on it.”***Three days ago, our father had invited my brothers and me into his room. He sent away his servants and guards, he wanted to speak to us in private, and from the look on his face, I was already worried.“The doctor says he’s expecting you to make a miraculous breakthrough any moment from now and when that happens, your healing process will be sped up,” I said, trying to give him a bit of good news to cheer hi
Ricky’s POVIt’s been three days since my brothers thought I had gone mad but after we talked about it at length, they realized that our backs were against the wall and we couldn’t just give up without trying everything we possibly could to salvage our current predicament.It hadn't been easy to convince them but they eventually made up their minds to give my crazy plan a shot and we started by writing letters to the Alphas of wealthy packs whom we’ve had relations with ever since the time of my grandfather.I was expecting to receive their response today and I was quite positive about getting a couple of good responses. My offer was very decent and if I were in their shoes, I would grab the opportunity with both hands but I wasn&rsq
Ricky’s POV“Have we gotten any response yet?” Jules asked as he walked into the office.I dropped the sheet of paper in my hand as I turned my attention towards him.Before I could answer, Cole came running through the door.“We finally got it.” He yelled.I nearly flew out of my chair. “You’re serious?”Cole handed the letter to me and I read it hurriedly.Whoever she was, she had summoned us to her pack and she wanted to finance us as well. But she wanted to d
Ricky’s POV“What about the dream I had, Ricky?” Jules said. “I dreamt that we all died and you’re not taking it seriously.”Everyone fell silent absorbing Jules’s words. I glanced at his face, I could see the raw emotion on it. He wasn’t teasing, he meant every word he had said.I had never seen him this frightened over a dream, we were used to his occasional dreams which we often joked about as future proclamations as they often came to pass but he had never been so absorbed in any of them the way he was now.If he thought I was going to take his dream literally, he was wrong. I had no plans of dying away from home.
Ricky’s POVI could barely sleep after I dismissed everyone after the little discussion we had in the corridor over an hour ago. I spent the rest of the morning alternating between taking short naps and spending my hours awake staring at the darkness and thinking about possible scenarios on how the meeting would play out and the common theme of all of my thoughts ended in disarray.Also, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Cole had said, if we were in their shoes, we would have taken them out immediately after they settled in and that would’ve been done by now already.But that would be only true if we didn’t mean what we said by wanting to help but we’ve been here in their territory for a couple of hours and they haven’t come to ambush us.
Ricky’s POVI nodded and made my way inside the limousine with Cole and Jules following suit.Within a minute, we were pulling out of the driveway en route to the mansion.We decided to take an extra car with a handful of our soldiers if things went south, we were going to need backup.Jules kept on looking out the window, trying to see if he would be able to spot anything out of the ordinary. I had taken extra measures to ensure that we wouldn’t have to worry about things like this even before we arrived, as I would hate for anything to happen.“You do
Ricky’s POV"Is there’s reason you couldn’t play the perfect host and welcome us in yourself? You're not supposed to be so hostile during the first meeting now, are you?" I asked.I gauged his demeanor as I took in his guarded stance, watching as his fingers hovered a few centimeters above his waistline.My best assumption was that he had a weapon concealed in his suit jacket just like I did."I'm not going to guess, I'm not going to assume, I'm going to tell you the truth. Your presence here has nothing to do with love or longing, it has to do with your bruised ego and the help that my fiancée has agreed to render to your pack. It took me a while but I thought about it over, and over and over again
Ricky’s POVI was used to being placed in tight spots. The kind that gets you killed faster than you can blink. My mind had been going over different new scenarios in my head on how this would end and none of the options assured me. During one summer many years ago spent in the middle of the forest with my uncle was when I understood the power of leverage and patience, it was there, and then I had it all figured out. My plan for coming here was a calmer and safer one, one that needed patience to execute and that was a virtue my brothers solely lacked which was why I would be our spokesperson.This wasn’t going to be a straightforward transaction, I knew this because once upon a time, my father had taken me to a similar transaction that he conducted and I was fortunate enough to learn