Choosing Love

Chapter Twenty Two

"You know as well as I that Mal and Uma have a rule for their crew, considering how many of the Angels used to be Rats," Claudine said firmly."Ryan's fourteen, he wouldn't have a fling. Even if Mal and Uma are across the bridge, he's Henry's best ally along side Derek."

Not to mention the fact that everyone knows he has feelings for CJ, she thought. After all, he almost skewered you last year when you made that comment about not being able to wait to play with her pirate booty and teach her what a real man was like. I honestly didn't know who'd kill you first, Harry or Ryan.

That had been one of the rare times she had challenged him in front of the other Angels. Freddy had been eighteen at that point, and CJ had been thirteen. Then again...Freddy never really cared the age of the girls he had his flings with. Most of the girls were ready and willing, considering they were coming to him for food rather than actually having a relationship.

The Angels were the second ranked gang on the Isle after all. The pirates/Warf Rats were the highest ranked and had the easiest time getting the food with their ability to go to Lord Hades' restaurant or Ursula's Chip Shoppe whenever they wanted but they were more likely to actually just give the girls the food rather than have the fling.

"Hold on...." Claudine said slowly, looking over at Freddy. "How old's the girl?"

Part of her didn't want to know but considering what her brother was like, it was almost a necessary evil that she find out. Especially if she was truly a 'Rat in training' as Freddy had said.

"Old enough to do what I have planned," Freddy said simply. "And that's all you need to know. But hopefully there'll be a larger crowd with the next food delivery. A larger crowd'll keep those Rats busy so they won't notice someone slip onto the barge."

"You don't think the people who work on the barge won't notice?" Claudine asked, trying to not think about exactly what her brother had planned. People died every month because of the rush to get edible food and now he was trying to make that crowd bigger? Almost...almost as if he was trying to guarantee a mad house.

It was certainly an interesting plan but not one she necessarily felt comfortable with. There was so much death on the Isle already, it didn't make sense to add to it.

"Get Henry dazed and the people on the barge won't matter," Freddy told her, rolling his eyes. "Stop being such a Boreadon girl about this. After all, they probably won't even notice I'm there until we're far enough away from the Isle for them to do anything."

Claudine sighed but nodded. She made her way out of the room and out of the Haven, heading over to Dragon Hall. Hopefully Henry would be there, not because she wanted to daze him but because she just wanted to have his company.

After all, being around someone sane is preferable to being around my brother, she thought with an inward sigh. Though let's be honest, his fling with Brooke and the comment he made to CJ makes it harder and harder to call him my brother. Though thankfully Morgan helped me get Brooke to safety and set up in a safe house after the first day of her fling.

Honestly she didn't think she would ever be thankful for Shayla or Locklyn's pursuit to be the first girl to have a second fling with Freddy but that pursuit was extremely helpful. After all, he had been distracted from his attentions toward Brooke and then had forgotten all about them. The younger girl only needed to show up for the gang meetings and then keep herself out of Freddy's line of sight.

As for CJ...well even with Harry being in Auradon, Harriet was as protective as a Cerberus and wasn't going to let Freddy get within one league of her sister. Never mind the rest of the crew.