A Struggling Heart - Part 2

He'd caught wind of some of the plots Ferdinand had started, in an effort to win his competition with Oliver Patrick, and he'd come down with such a force of fury that Ferdinand thought his head would end up on the chopping block, alongside those of his men. In the end, his father had only executed one man – and it was done quietly, without public knowledge. But it was enough to bring control to a Merchant Guild that had got out of hand, and to Ferdinand as well, whose men had fallen down the same traps, in going far further than their posts ought to have allowed them.