Four members of the Royal Family sat around a large round table covered with all manners of documents.
This time, they were not as alone as they were last time.
In the room, in addition to sixteen Martial Masters, were another sixteen people: analysts, executives, and personal advisors. Each was vetted by a high-grade Martial Master who was also vetted to have no allegiance to the Martial Union.
This was the limited task force that the four princes and princesses decided to put into place for the minutiae of the alliance between them.
Due to the furtive nature of the tentative alliance that they had formed to curb Prince Raijun's growth and, specifically, to assassinate Rui Quarrier, this was the limit of the personnel they could allocate to the alliance.