The whole plan was simple. We needed a reason to stay long enough to spend the night at the manor and we had one advantage. Levi. Despite what Levi refused to admit. He was Vikram Caden's favorite. Levi was the child he adopted since he was a baby. Vikram groomed him. Trained him. Raised him. Odell and Zuri didn't come into his life until they were much older. The others were old enough to be their own person. Zuri, the spoilt rich child, and Odell, the loner orphan. So Vikram knew him the most, out of all his children. He also knew that an angry Levi was a rare sight. One not to annoy. Obviously, Vikram knew we had no reason to stay the night. So, we purposely came in the evening, so we'd have a reason to stay the night. But we also knew Vikram Caren would try to convince us to stay becau
