Scarlet's POV
I had no choice but to attend the negotiations. And what I discovered there... shattered me. I was to be exchanged. Traded like some political pawn if, and only if, the two Alphas managed to fulfil Alpha Dante’s increasingly outrageous demands.
What began as a straightforward agreement quickly spiralled into a convoluted web of power plays. Alpha Dante’s demands grew more absurd with every passing hour. Initially, Alpha Edward had been attempting to mediate, even helping Alpha Juno push back against Dante’s propositions. But it seemed that Alpha Edward found out that it was Juno and his faction who orchestrated the attack on Phantom Moon last night. He was older and had seen such tricks all his life.
As if that hadn’t complicated matters enough, Dante’s list of demands now included: a massive swath of territory, financial compensation for “damages,” and—of course—Hector. And just when we thought he was done, he threw in tariff-free trade across borders as if it were som
