Chapter 13: The Negotiaion

The next morning I awoke groggy-eyed and tired. Thankfully, the storm had passed but grey clouds still lingered in the sky, refusing to allow the sun to dry off the waterlogged ground and sodden leaves.

I lifted the covers off me and sat forward, staring into the burnt-out ash in the fireplace. 

"How are you feeling?" Rose's voice asked as she came into the doorway.

She leant against the wall and smiled sympathetically but all I could do was put my head in my hands and sigh.

"How about a mug of hot cocoa?" she asked.

I smiled and nodded, "Thank you."

I then wrapped the blanket around me again and just sat listening to the clatters and rustling of Rose in the kitchen.

"Tobias thinks we should hold a meeting with Alpha Rivers about this," she said as she heated the milk on the stove, "Find a way to come to an agreement that everyone can be happy with."

I shook my head, "Have you met Alpha Rivers?" I asked, "He knows what he