I agree with this, to add, I think Sarah's father will probably take an antagonistic role in the future.
From what we have seen so far, I think Brian's mother, who is the only female head of a Founding Family household, will become a primary antagonist to the MC.
Right now, her heir apparent, Brian, is fighting that battle for his house and he is now losing to the MC (he was slowly losing that battle to the MC before he found out that the MC is the long-lost head of the Fletcher Family).
Sarah's father put the MC on everyone's radar by announcing that the MC is the head of the Fletcher Family And that his daughter Sarah and the MC are in talks to get engaged.
Sarah's father Wants the MC to be an ally so that his vote can be the tie breaker when the heads of the five households meet to make the big decisions.
I think that all of the other houses will continue to underestimate the MC since they do not know that he is being mentored by Alison on house politics.
Long-term -- I think that Alison will help the MC to grow into the head of his faction and If the MC can marry Sarah (Hamilton Family), Catherine (Bennett Family) and Alison & Hannah (Gilbert Family), the only family not related by marriage would be Brian's family which could Really damage Brian and his mother's standing.
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I also believe that the MC will make sure that Lucy and Victoria are not relegated to 'last' among wives as he is someone who actually gets involved with each of his women because they like and care about each other.
The links between the women will be a very powerful 'Family' shield, protecting them from anyone who tries to attack one of the women or the MC, as All of the MC's chosen women will defend each other and the MC.
I'm really enjoying the story and the complexity of the 'weave' - the threads which the MC is using to bind each of the women to him and to each other.
In some ways I am lucky... if this AVN was complete, I would be devouring it to the detriment of my work/life/sleep balance.
That is one of the signs that this is a Very good AVN!
So, I am Really looking forward to the next update, which should take us through Saturday night and the visit from Alison to help form a strategy to deal with Brian's mother's opening move in her gambit to neutralize the Fletcher Family.
I'm also interested in some of the 'getting to know you' time between Alison and the MC - part of her deal with the MC for her to attach herself and her fortunes to his star.
Cheers!!