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"You were right." Stephanie half sighed as she rested her head on her husbands chest.

"About what?" he asked, pulling the deep red sheets over them both.

"About The Shield. They are out of control. They're loose cannons that feed off of one another." she admitted.

Hunter was smug in her admission, but didn't dare gloat about it.

"So what are we going to do about it?" he wondered looking down at her.

"WE aren't going to do anything." she smiled, "Shiloh, on the other hand..."

Hunter couldn't suppress the laughter that rumbled forward, "Shi? The fuck is she going to do?"

"I'm going to bind her to them. I'm going to force them to behave through her." she laughed at how simple her solution had actually been.

Hunter sat up pensively, "So you're going to play them all off of one another?"

She nodded, waiting for him to figure out what exactly she had in mind.

He narrowed his eyes, "How does your sister fit into your equation?"

Stephanie propped herself up on the plush pillows, "If we play this the right way, we can lump Seth and Roman together through Shi. They're both compassionate enough to feel sorry for 'poor widdle Lo having to deal with her mean old sister."

He snickered at the fake pout on her face.

"Dean, I mean, I'm sure he'll be attracted to her, but not enough to use it against him." she added.

"He's too smart for that." he agreed quickly.

"Exactly, so that's where you come in. Fill his head with title shots, tag team gold, whatever you have to say to keep him in line with the group. The only way he'll be able to make a name for himself is through The Shield, and then we'll move him up when the time is right." Stephanie planned out.

He nodded, still deep in thought, "I just don't think the other two will be as enamored with Shiloh as you think they will be."

She yawned and turned off her bedside lamp, "Seth is a team player, he'll fall in line the easiest. Shiloh does conveniently look a lot like his girlfriend. I'm hoping that adds to pulling him to her. Roman is bound by his family name. His heritage and the honor and tradition that go along with it will be his biggest selling point as well as his Achilles heel."

Hunter chuckled under his breath and switched off his light as well, "You're going to threaten his family to 'reign' him in?"

"I'd let the entire roster have Shiloh if it meant I got my way. I don't have any ties to his family at all. I'll use them and burn them to the ground and sleep like a baby while I'm doing it." she stated haughtily.

"I love it when you're evil." he growled kissing her fiercely.

Their shared ambition to stay one step ahead of everyone and to remain at the top of the food chain was precisely what made them perfect for one another. Their climb to the top had cemented their relationship together. It had always been mutually beneficial for them to be together. They had too many secrets shared between them to ever separate. They were a match made in heaven, sent directly from hell.

The only way this plan would work was if they did. There were too many variables to juggle alone. They would handle The Shield and keep their status as the authority figures of the company firmly in their grasp.


Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? I just love evil characters :)

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