Chapter 54: The Never-Ending Meeting


    Most of the people left the room. In the entrance lobby of the packhouse, several tablesy set


    up. One filled with various snack foods, another with an array of hot and cold drinks. Thest two had


    nothing disyed yet. Ynda assumed those were for the meals toe. The line formed up the


    stairs as people picked up their drinks and snacks, then moved on. It took a few minutes to get there,


    and they all grabbed a drink.


    “Did I miss how long before we reconvene, or was it not mentioned?” Jaxon frowned over a hot


    mocha chocte coffee.


    “Normally, these ambassadors like a half an hour break. This lets them get their asses


    together. I swear if you listen to Edith talk sometimes, they make it their missing to screw up everyone


    else’s ns and send them into a tailspin, trying to recover gracefully from it. We should get back there


    in about ten minutes because I think that game just went out the window. As we were leaving, I heard


    one mage say they’d patched in the Vampire Ambassador and staff from the storage bunk that they are


    using while they are here.” Aria kicked off the conversation with this.


    “Good. She might have information from some of their elders about this. Between the Dragons


    and Vampires, there are a few old enough to remember the Fae leaving this realm. Maybe, they can


    shed some light on this better.”


    Desire snorted in agreement with Ynda’s words. “Really? Do you believe any of those elders


    will change their story from the party line they’ve fed us for all these years? I highly doubt that. This


    makes them look terrible in the eyes of everyone. People will start asking questions like, howe you


    didn’t hunt for these portals and such and destroy them before this?”


    Desire was right, and Ynda angled her head and nodded, acquiescing to her point. “That


    would be an interesting question to hear the answer to.”


    “I don’t know about any of you, but it’s clear to me that someone dropped the ball, or at the


    very least didn’t do their due diligence in the cleanup. Asking questions is the least of their worries. I


    still want to know who the humans are, and how they got the power and knowledge of the ritual to


    perform it. If they’ve opened over one portal, that would mean they’re organized, and that spells out in


    the end that they are a greater threat than anyone believed before this.” Hal pointed out, effectively


    changing the subject.


    “Agreed, that’s another problem. I think we might want to make a list of questions like that to


    see how they want us to proceed. Someone must look into these, and if there’s no one, then they need


    to assign someone.” Aria mentioned, pulling arge phone from her ever-present bag. She tapped


    away at it. “I think I’ll Edith and Dean with this, so it doesn’t take them by surprise. Thest thing we


    need is them balking at the question because they’re not prepared. It wouldn’t make them look good to


    anyone. Just too unprofessional.”


    “Good point. Also, Ian came up with an idea. We aren’t sure it can happen by maybe one of the


    other factions can put their heads together and remember something, or create something that can do


    it. He posed the question, what can we do to limit the Fae’s use of the Dream realm? What about


    limiting their magical use? Force them to use hand-to-hand fighting styles. We have superior weapons


    in this day and age. It can’t hurt to level the ying field or at least attempt to.”


    “I’ll add it. But I think that they’ll shoot down as putting too many people in harm’s way. But it’s


    a logical thing to do too. However, I don’t see how we can’t do that to some extent. It would protect


    some if it weren’t the only thing we relied on.”


    “Best to say something like that with the question so that we can skip the lecture on why it


    would be foolhardy and just rack up the unnecessary deaths.” Aria nodded absently as she continued


    to type.


    “What about the protection of the people near the location they removed the portal from? If the


    Fae can’t find it, won’t they go after the people in the area to find out where it went?”


    “God, this is insane how is anyone supposed to keep track of all of this?” Ian wanted to know


    as he saw the extent of all of this.


    “Then we have the people that live and work in or near the old ces of power. Some locations


    are tourist destinations. You can’t tell me that most tourists can handle angry Fae.”


    “Ian, you’re correct. If we don’t put our heads together and anticipate this. We’ll be responding


    to and not heading anything off. Aria. Add it to the list and I’ll contact Edith now and warn her about it. I


    haven’t even looked in on the Armory yet this morning.” Ynda distractedly muttered this while she


    looked longing at the door that would take her down to the Armory where she could hide from all of this.


    Why couldn’t she have time with her new mate like every other shifter in the history of the world?


    “Good idea. We should get back to the conference room and do this.”


    A cacophony of movement came from the Alpha’s office behind them, and the door burst open.


    Gregory came out and stopped in his tracks. “Good, you’re here. Yo-Yo get down to the Armory and get


    them into gear we need to send out several of the new teams. Jeff’s sending you the specs of each


    team.” He stopped and waited for a response. “What are you waiting for? Get moving they need to get


    out there now. The Fae just walked into several popted locations.”


    “On it. Come on, Ian, time to do our job.” It didn’t take long for the others to follow her. Once


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    downstairs, they found a few Fianna still down there, finishing up a few things. At their noisy entrance,


    the Fianna went silent and looked at Ynda instantly. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to be


    invaded by enforcers about to be deployed we need to have kits ready for them now. The Fae are now


    in popted locations. I’m going to assume that these locations are human poptions, so pack the


    kits ordingly. I don’t have numbers of those deployed.”


    Because of the organization of the Armory, the Fianna could selectponents for armour and


    weapons to bundle together. Many bundles already existed and were ready to go, but they needed


    immediate recement and that’s what the Fianna did now. It didn’t matter how many enforcers left


    today, all would have a full kit, and more kits took their ce for the next. They registered everything as


    the items left the Armory. Inventory right down to the smallest piece of ammunition''s kept, who and


    when. The system worked smoothly all because of the Fianna and their honour. These people made


    and monitored all their weapons. Ynda fully believed they possessed the names of those that died


    somewhere to their weapons, but she’d never know for sure.


    When the first enforcers came down to pick up their kits, they were more than ready for a


    speedy check-out. One Fianna stood at the entrance and gave a simple lecture on what to expect in


    the kits and the safe practices with the truly dangerous weapons. Ynda never felt so grateful for now


    needing to repeat like that. But she knew that was needed. The number of stressed enforcers entering


    the Armory arguing with each other concerned her, though. She prayed that didn’t affect their


    performance in the field. These mixed-species teams weren’t ready for this, in her opinion. But it wasn’t


    her ce to say anything right now.


    Several hourster, they’d missed the rest of the meeting. Aria sent off the message and Edith


    got it. Now, their duties in the Armory took over, and they’d need to catch upter.


    Edith promised to speak with them when she returned with Gregory to ensure everything would


    appear clear to them.


    Gregory informed Ynda in a distracted aside that Catherine would take over the primary


    protection for the time being of his Mate, and their pup. That things were too grave to have her


    attention pulled in multiple directions. This gave Ynda mixed feelings, she’d felt the stress of being


    pulled in too many directions, and she’d bonded with her Luna. Even the pup, Evan, became endearing


    in his own way. So, it became difficult to take, but he was her leader, and his decision to make. He’d


    promise it would change again once the conflict with the Fae ended. Now they were to focus on the


    Armory and keeping it moving like a functional system.