The Ghost Heiress (On Hold)

Chapter 13. Votes and decisions

North's POV:

Once Silas and I were done with cleanup duty we returned to the office to see what had been decided.

The revelation that little Sang-chan was actually Sang Sorenson was a shock, but Silas didn't seem too surprised.

He told me, quietly, that he'd suspected she wasn't a simple servant and I had to agree he was right. I had known there was more to her than meets the eye.

But to go from servant girl to heiress of a clan was still a big shock to me.

I wondered what this news would mean for my family. Following Jack-sama didn't seem like an option for us anymore, but we didn't respect his son enough to ally ourselves to him, either.

On the other hand, being servants to a lord was all that we knew, all that we had ever been.

I didn't think any of my brothers would be able to be happy with any other lifestyle, with the exception of Doc.

"What do you think is gonna happen, Si?" I asked my brother. Our family was a tight-knit one, but Silas and I went way back, and it was always him who I confided into and followed.

The other boy might be the silent kind, but when he spoke I always heard him. He saw much more than the rest of us did.

Silas glanced around at all our brothers. Sean and Gabriel weren't here yet, having gone out to help Sang calm down.

Wil-sama was sitting in the corner of the room, alone and looking rather bored.

Finding out the boy wasn't what we had thought either was a shock, but a welcome one. However, it didn't mean we would all start to get along now. Years of differences and harsh words couldn't be simply erased, after all.

"I think..." Silas began saying, attracting my attention back to him "...That perhaps our leaders are considering a change in loyalties."

I frowned at that, thinking hard about what he meant. "You think Blackbourne-san wishes to leave the Academy?"

Silas nodded and I pursed my lips. I could understand that, but what about the rest of the family?

"The whole team, you think?" I asked him uncertainly.

He smiled at me. "We are always together, no?"

I relaxed at that. "Yeah. We are always together."

"He will probably call in a vote," he said shrugging, "Like when we agreed to follow Jack-sama. He doesn't make this decision on his own."

I looked at him, "And what will you vote for?" I asked curiously.

He turned his face to look me in the eyes; the seriousness in his gaze leaving no doubt that he'd already made his decision "I believe we should stand by her, make her family."

I sucked in a breath at that. What Silas was suggesting wasn't simply giving the Sorenson' heiress our loyalty like we had done for Jack-sama.

No. he wanted to make her a part of the family, and family always came first.

This was a commitment they wouldn't be able to break easily like they were doing right now.

Not only that, it involved more than just following her. It involved, well, getting involved with her.

I didn't know what to think. How would that even work? Having a girl into the family wasn't something they had ever done before, and it was clear to me that she was far too interesting to many of us and completely out of our reach too.