Eddie turned wide eyes to Kaeva, who nodded and gestured for Eddie to go sit.
“Good to see you, Spring,” Lake said as the woman settled into her seat. Eddie tentatively stood next to his own chair, eying the Council and Spring with equal distrust.
“Maybe it will be, maybe it won’t be,” Spring said. She rolled a wrist in an impatient gesture.
“Usually we start a bit more formally, but Spring’s been good enough to break the ice for us,” Lake said. “We’re here today to meet Eddie Florence.” Lake went around the room and introduced everyone. Eddie’s eyes flicked from one person to the next, and Kaeva knew if there was a quiz later, Eddie would fail. Just like everyone who’d ever been in his shoes.
“And this is Spring. She’s our seventh Council member—”
“Idiots voted me in,” Spring interru
