"She would like to speak to whoever is in charge of her son's schedule."
Alice, at Kaiden's other elbow, had been keeping a visible count of how long all of this was going to be allowed to continue, and the count had just doubled.
He left his hand where it was and talked to the rest of the tent over the top of her head, because she wasn't the only one in the room who had taken the outcome badly.
"Alright. Everybody's been up since yesterday morning and everybody's decided we lost, so let me lay out how I actually see it. We did lose something last night, yes. But yesterday a federal inspector walked this compound for most of a day with a pen in his hand, and every single thing he put that pen on was in order. That's on the record permanently now. Whoever comes at us next has to start from a guild that's already been ruled compliant on camera."
Doug's smile arrived a half second before he caught it. Nyx tightened her grip without lifting her head.
