While Kat snoozed on, Ryan remained awake awhile longer.<br/><br/>Something was not sitting well with him; he couldn’t shake this uneasy feeling in his stomach, which had come over him suddenly. Thus, he was restless. He couldn’t really put a finger on why he was feeling this way. In reality, he could care less about what was going on, he wanted to go back to his place and plan his next move with his men now that Adam’s old territory was up for grabs. If he didn’t move in quickly enough, someone else would claim it. His men were exhausted and he was sure they would not like having to fight more.<br/><br/>Ryan sighed heavily, his body tensing a bit. He needed to take his mind off of this. Sleep was more important right now, as was getting this shit over and done with. Once this was said and done, he would kick out whoever decided to claim the territory. Maybe he would be in luck and nobody would have claimed it. Then again, he wasn’t certain that luck would be on his side. Since when was luck ever on his side? Hell, he was lucky he got Eric on his side, that was probably all the luck he was going to get.<br/><br/>Eric moved suddenly, and Ryan quickly moved to place a hand on his shoulder gently. His grip was firm yet there was no signs of the tension he felt a moment ago.<br/><br/>“Well, dear Eric, I should have known that wouldn’t be enough to keep you down for long,” he said with a chuckle, keeping his voice down as not to wake Kat, who was dead asleep. It was more of an attempt to be playful, but came off a tad annoyed more than anything. His own feelings toward everything had slipped through more than he had intended. More evidence that he needed to just get some sleep. “Be careful. It’ll wear off in an hour at most.”<br/><br/>-------------------------------<br/><br/>Tony practically jumped ten feet in the air when he heard the voice behind him, “Jesus, woman!” He breathed out, “Nearly gave me a fucking heart attack!” He looked her over once, clearly annoyed by her presence, but made no remark in regards to it. Every fiber of his being wanted to tell her to go pound sand but he knew what would happen if he did. He bit the inside of his cheek, just to keep the words from slipping out, redirecting his focus to something else.<br/><br/>“Look,” he added, “those people are just part of the plan. I don’t care if they’re annoyed with me...” He got in a little closer to his ‘companion’ and lowered his voice, “or that you are annoyed with me for that matter. I’m not going to mess this up. There’s a lot riding on this, and it must succeed, so get off my dick and let me work my magic.”<br/><br/>Oh, how he wished Thomas was still around… Tony was really starting to miss that son of a bitch right about now. That man, he knew how to get out of anything. He needed his guidance… what should he do next? This was so frustrating. But he wasn’t about to give up now.