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Myles wished for nothing more but to torture the rude man for his behavior, but he knew how pointless it all was.
“And that is why I need a new plan.”
“What will ye do now? Kidnap Flynn and start another war?”
“Nay, I have a much better plan. Do ye want to ken?” Myles teased, knowing perfectly well that Aiden must be concerned about the well-being of his family.
“I dinnae want to ken. Leave me alone,” Aiden replied, disappointing Myles.
But the old Laird was not going to let his spirits down simply because Aiden was trying to ignore him. Aiden would listen if Myles told him, and that was all that mattered.
“Ye ken if this plan works in my favor, ye might finally be free,” Myles threw in, but apparently, it was not enough to capture Aiden’s attention.
“Oh, really?” Aiden scoffed, as if freedom no longer meant anything to him.
“Yes. I will tell Murray that I have had ye kidnapped and alive with me for the past ten years. If he loves ye enough and wants ye back, he will need to give me half of his lands and villages.”
Aiden finally looked up, rage evident in his eyes. “So, now that keeping me prisoner is nay longer going to benefit ye, ye will try to ransom me?”
“Aye, but dinnae worry, nae just yet. I will be kidnapping yer dear sister Astrid as well so I can hold similar leverage over Flynn and ask him for half of his lands too.”
“Ye willnae dare touch my sister, Myles! Dinnae even think about it!” Aiden barked, sounding angry for the first time in a long time.
Myles laughed at Aiden’s obvious worry. “I have already thought about it of course, and now, all I need to do is put me plan into action. Once I have these lands, I will be the strongest laird in the area, far stronger than both Murray and Flynn. It is the only thing I ever wanted anyway.”
“They willnae be dumb enough to fall for it. If ye think ye can blackmail them into giving ye their lands, yer mistaken. Neither of them will do so.”
“I think yer wrong this time, Aiden,” Myles said, a satisfied grin on his face. “Yer faither loves ye enough to still be in mourning for yer sake, and I am sure Flynn loves Astrid too. When I threaten to kill both of ye, Flynn and Murray will give me anything I want and ask for. Ye will see.”
“Nay, Myles,yewill see. Ye will see when this plan will entirely fail and backfire on ye, and ye will end up suffering,” Aiden threatened, but Myles knew better than to pay heed to what he said.
“If yer faither and yer sister’s betrothed fail to give me what I want, I will send the two of them yer heads. If they do give me what I want, I will send them ye two alive. I believe both Murray and Flynn are smart men and would ken what to do in such a situation. Hence, I ken for a fact that me plan will not only survive but will be successful, Aiden. Ye will see for yerself very soon.”
“I would rather die than watch me faither give in to a lowlife like ye. A man who disnae have the courage to fight openly on the battlefield but hides behind plots and plans to make up for everything he disnae have,” Aiden spat out, making Myles angrier with every passing second.
But Myles kept his cool, knowing perfectly well that being angry was not the solution to this problem, and he could not let Aiden and his words affect him. Soon enough, he would be successful and would no longer be doubted by anyone.
“Ye can say and believe whatever ye wish, Aiden, but if I can keep ye here for ten years without a single soul knowing about it, I can do anything,” Myles replied with a smile, making sure that Aiden saw how unaffected he was by it all.
“I promise ye, Myles. Soon enough, ye will choke on yer own tears as ye die, and this clan yer working so hard to build will be broken down entirely. Cowards like ye are not born to be lairds, and God will set things straight,” Aiden threatened yet again.
The conviction Myles saw in Aiden’s words made him slightly uncomfortable, but he ignored it and simply focused on putting his plan into action.
“We will see who is right, Aiden. One thing I ken for sure is that I have spent ten years with ye, and it is finally time to get rid of ye one way or the other. Now, it depends on yer faither if ye leave this dungeon dead or alive.”
“I will pray night and day to leave here dead rather than see the people of me clan suffering under yer rule,” Aiden spat at Myles’s feet.
Myles stepped back and controlled his temper. He had bigger things to worry about than Aiden.
The plan was already set and made up in his mind, and nothing or no one could come between him and this plan. Myles knew what he was doing, and he was ready to follow through with it no matter what. All he needed now was to find a way to kidnap Astrid.
He already knew she was at Flynn’s castle and must be under extreme protection, thus kidnapping her will not be easy. Despite that, he had extreme confidence in his abilities. He kept reminding himself that if he could pull off such a thing with Aiden, he could do it with Astrid too. Once she was in his control, no one would be able to stop the Gallagher clan from becoming the richest, most powerful clan in the country, and all of his dreams would finally come true.
He turned around and exited the dungeons, leaving a furious Aiden behind him. Myles had a lot of planning to do, and he had no other options left.
CHAPTER19
Flynn returned to his castle,his mind running in several different directions at once. He knew Murray and he had threatened Myles enough to make sure he did return their lands, but something about the way Myles had been acting did not seem right to him. It almost felt as if he was hiding something, and Flynn wished to find out what it was. He knew he needed to get back those lands, and he was ready to go to any lengths to see things set right.
