Shiloh, the girl they had raised as their sister, wasn't actually related to them by blood. She was the daughter of the former butler-a man whose ambition had driven him to place his own child at the head of the Farrell I family.

Sage fell silent.

Kathryn's voice broke through the tension. "Third brother, let me out. You already have me. Do you really think I'll escape? Just let me out-it's too stuffy in here, and I can barely breathe."

For a moment, Sage hesitated.

Not out of brotherly love.

If there was even a shred of that left, he would have tried to stop his brothers instead of going along with them.

If life had been fair, she would have had five older brothers who cared for her.

But life wasn't fair.

Dut

Instead, she had five brothers who wanted her dead.

failed as a person,

you are, Kathryn.

If she escaped, she would go straight to the police, and then they would

an

they failed, prison awaited

our sister. If you behave, we won't make it too painful

wasn't much of a

the end, it wouldn't matter.

were plenty of big fish in those waters-she would be gone within minutes.

No merchant ships would be

time to dispose

His voice was cold. "Kathryn, you brought this on yourself. You forced

first. You refused to listen to reason. You ignored the bonds of brotherhood." "Our mother spent decades building up the Farrell family. Everything

private assets, our inheritance. You refused to share. If you had just divided things fairly, it wouldn't have come to this." Kathryn was silent for a moment before

sister?" Her voice was steady, but there was an undeniable

as she instructed in her will. It wasn't my decision-it was hers. You

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