810 Bargaining

Wolfe placed his hand over his heart with a wounded look on his face. "Way to throw me under the bus. But you were picked by Kira, not me. She said that you would have the magic and personality to work with the Fortress City as they rebuilt, and I didn't question her judgment."

Reiko shook her head at his antics, and the Council Members slowly began to smile. They had thought that these negotiations might be a lot more hostile, given their circumstances, and the power of the groups that they were negotiating with, but the impression that they got from the visitors so far was more of a reunion of old friends.

But the representative from Gormana, the oddly human Demon, still hadn't said much of anything.

"What part does Gormana play in the breakaway villages in our territory?" One of the Council members finally asked, moving away from the topic of the Guardian before it could be decided unilaterally by the Coven Leader.