The blood river speaks

[ after a very intense night spent with Asiva ] 

On the next morning it was time for Max to be dressed in his most regal robes as he was supposed to go to Ixtal and meet with the King Regus Aurelius alongside the other lord's of the vampire council. 

It was a meeting of the utmost priority for its agenda was to discuss the upcoming war against the dark faction. 

Sometimes Max wondered if he were just a little bit slower in completing his training, taking a decade more, missing only 10 more days in reality, then would he have missed this meeting and created a wave of problems for Asiva and the others? Or would Angakok have made sure that the council meeting only happened after he was ready to return? 

Just how much of the universe did that old shaman god control? 

Was everyone a pawn in his schemes or was Max the only one he was controlling?