Chapter 75 - Asking for help.

Louisa

The timing of all of this couldn’t have come at a worse time! Both Helena and I would either have a new born or be at the very end of our pregnancies when the snow melted, which put us both out of the fight and in serious danger. I listened carefully as Liam and the small council discussed what the next steps were going to be feeling the tension in the air.

Bennie and Helena were still out since his injuries were serious, and she wasn’t going to leave his side, which left her vote in my hands. I didn’t want to do the wrong thing and I didn’t want to vote on anything without discussing it with her and Liam first.

“The fact of the matter is that the northerners have found someone to support them in this war against us. We have to act, and we have to be ready.” The small council couldn’t come to an agreement on what we should do. It was a decision between waiting for the war to come to us and moving so we were on the attack before the northerners could move.

The latter meant that