"You clearly wanted to give me the hardest and most exhausting grunt work, but you made it sound like you were handing me a gold-plated gift. It really made it impossible for me to say no. Plus, your stand against the instructor just now to protect Flick—those points are enough to prove you’re the kind of person my dad said he’d only want as a friend, never an enemy. I sincerely want to recognize you as my brother, and of course, it’ll be damn beneficial for you to recognize me as yours, too."
Jules Vance sized up Jax’s expression and counted on his fingers. "First, although I’m a bit of a shark, I’m dead honest when I meet someone stronger than me. Second, I’ll only stay at Blackwood for three or four years at most before leaving to learn the business from my old man. With the foundation
