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STEVE'S POV

Too much had been going on in my life, all in a short while of time that I had almost forgotten about the deal with the rouges. I think that was one of the most unwise decisions Micheal had ever taken. There were a handful of these decisions, but that topped the list.

Before now, I could have never thought he would get involved with the rouges and even if he did, it wouldn't be as deep as he had let himself get in with them.

And now that they were here to get what they were promised, I began to realize it had been nothing but stress and crisis since he got onto the throne. And the fact that no one was inclined to help willingly until they were asked to.

It was as if they were literally forced to do something and if they had a choice, they would have gone for the second option. Working with them was tiring, and I had to always desk with the constant struggle of dealing with them.

Not unless Micheal has learned to earn the respect of these people, leadership is going to be