Ruth's POV Ruth had never imagined her particular organizational skills would eventually extend toward coordinating what Elias now called, with characteristic enthusiasm despite the serious circumstances, "the Protective Compact"—a formal, structured expansion of the Watchers' Council that required considerably more logistical sophistication than even the Gathering's elaborate planning had demanded. "Twenty-seven families, each requiring individualized security assessment," she said, spreading her considerable planning documents across the study table for the morning's strategy session. "Some have existing resources we can simply supplement. Others—like the Deverell settlement, given their remote location—require essentially building protective infrastructure from scratch." "What's our realistic timeline?" Damon asked. "Three months for baseline implementation across all twenty-seven families," Ruth said. "Though I'd caution that 'baseline' still represents considerable, ongoing c
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