FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED
“We’ll move the date to two weeks from Saturday. I want the announcement made publicly by tomorrow morning, formal invitations sent to every territory whose support we might need to secure, and I want Ashcombe’s inquiries with the neutral packs shut down as quickly and visibly as possible.”
A murmur of approval moved around the table, the particular satisfaction of a council that had gotten what it came for.
“I’ll have the announcements drafted within the hour,” Aldric said, already rising, the meeting apparently concluded to everyone’s satisfaction but my own.
The others filed out gradually, offering the usual polite courtesies on their way, until only Merit remained, watching me with an ex