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I cursed myself for not figuring out what Ford was up to the moment we left. But I was distracted. Bt the thoughts of having Jade, I never thought it would be anything. And now this little issues he was bringing up, we could handle.

There was already tension between the sixth circle and the council. Maybe it is time we finally end the relationship we had with them. They never respected the terms of the treaties that were put in place.

It is why the next day, as early as four in the morning, I started getting ready to head to the impromptu meeting they had called. Andrew said they didn’t specify what they wanted to talk about, but it wasn’t hard to guess. Among the three topics at hand. It had to be one of them, or two, or it could even be all.

I haven’t seen Jade since when we arrived and I took her to her room. And I did everything I could to not head there instead being focused on the things I should be worried about. It as too early for her to be awake but I still took the ch