Chapter 172 – Convincing Isabel

• Ella
• After concluding our three hour summit meeting, where the King, my hybrid family and I decided on a few special events, we kicked off preparations for a welcome banquet, refugee camp visit, an open forum for debate, and a grand ball. I’m still brainstorming different ideas for other ways to engage the reluctant Alphas, while grappling with the idea that I could play a pivotal role in convincing them to join our cause and wondering how I can make up for my coldness to my mate. Still I have plenty of time to sort out those issues – now my full focus is on the refugees.
• I arrive at the airfield just as a flight full of new exiles from the continent lands, and I watch in horror and heartache as they disembark the plane. From the looks of it, this is the largest group to arrive so far, and they’re mostly women and children. We’re losing more and more male wolves to this war, the ones who stay behind to fight or die protecting their families. I help the Vanaran volunteers usher the group into the camp, taking a screaming infant from one of the guards who led the group out of Damon’s brutal empire.