Chapter 5
Ridge hung up the phone and was bombarded by his own brothers and the rest of the covenant. He held his hand up, and they stopped asking questions.
"They said they don't know where Chase is, that they think he's dead after Danver's fought with him."
"He's one of them! He's lying!" Ryder exclaimed.
"Stop it!" Rade cried. "We should be out there looking for Chase ourselves, not using the other son's of Ipswich to get to him! You all know Raven isn't going to like this one bit!"
"Rade how can you say that?" Ryder turned on his little brother. "She's your twin for god sakes. We have to get even!"
"I was there at swim practice the day that Caleb was racing Chase. I felt Chase use the power causing Caleb to hit the wall. Besides their family history says the Putnam's weren't part of the covenant anymore!" Rade said.
"Stow it Rade! You're not talking us out of this!" Ryder said.
"Ridge…you can't kill Tyler, and when Rav finds out what you've done to Tyler she'll hate you for it." Rade said.
"Why would she hate me Rade?" Ridge asked.
"Cause she's had a crush on Tyler for two years now."
Every head in the room turned toward Rade. "You've got to be kidding!" Rayne spat.
"No I'm not. The sons of Ipswich really aren't all that bad! I get along pretty well with them." Rade said.
"She's mine though!" A dark head boy spoke up from across the room.
"She broke up with you two months ago, get over it already!" Another boy sitting beside him said.
The boy's eyes turned black as he turned on his own brother, who just waved his hand, and bound his younger brother's powers for a moment. "That's enough Shane!"
Shane glared at his older brother Sloan, and walked out of the office they were in slamming the door behind him. Ridge motioned for Sloan to follow his brother to keep an eye on him. Ridge was worried that he might go after the boy in the dungeon.
"Why didn't you tell us this before?" Ridge asked his youngest brother.
"Because I don't go telling you all of Rav's secrets!"
Ridge sighed. "Go bring the boy up to the Gray room and tie him to the bed there."
Two of the boys in the back of the room got up to do his bidding. He remembered seeing the fear in the boy's eyes, when he and Trey had gone to capture the boy. He closed his eyes regretting the beating he had given the boy. The Sim's went back to the beginning of Ipswich as did his own family the Downings.
"What are we going to do?" Rayne asked.
Ridge looked at the rest of the covenant of the four families. The Knights Trey and Chandler. The Wainwrights Damien, Marcus, and Vincent. The other family the Archers Sloan, Matthew, Michael, and Shane. He knew their magic differed so much than that of the Sons of Ipswich. At least their power wouldn't kill them. They ascended on their 18th birthday just as they did, but they were more powerful. They were known as the Masters of Ipswich by other covenants. He thought of Raven, and the power she was bestowed. She was the only girl ever known to be born into the Masters of Ipswich families.
"We'll give them 24 hours, but we won't kill the boy! I want the rest of them brought to me then to question them. Most of you have school tomorrow, you should go to bed."
He watched his youngest brothers get up and leave reluctantly, and follow the other boys out of the room. He looked at those left. Trey, Chandler, Damien, Matthew, and his own brother Ryder. Sloan came back into the room a few moments later. Ridge looked at him.
"I sent Shane home with Michael." He answered grinning shaking his fist. "After I had to knock him out that is."
"Oh mom's going to love that one Sloan!" Matthew said shaking his head.
"We have 48 hours, we need to plan now!" Ridge said and the others nodded.