Ronan grunted before he took another sip of coffee.

"Declan's an asshole, but he's not stupid. The best way to know what's really going on around your estate is to have as many eyes out as possible. It makes sense. Annoying as fuck... but he knows what he's doing." Ronan was still convinced he'd have made a terrible head of house. It was why he'd given up any right he had to the main estate without a fight; other than being too distraught over his father's murder to really process what was going on at the time.

Setting the cup down on the table, Ronan stared at rim instead.

"He's gonna have 'em all on me the whole fucking time. I knew that before I came home."