Sera Winters
Every negotiation is a war where both sides pretend to want peace. The trick is making sure you're the one who decides what peace looks like.
Dawn came too fast.
I didn't sleep. Just lay in bed watching the window turn from black to gray to pale gold. Thinking about what I was going to say. How I was going to play this. What I could demand without pushing too far.
By the time the sun actually rose I'd rehearsed it a hundred times in my head. Which meant Daxen had probably heard every version. Which meant they already knew what I wanted.
Great. Walk into a negotiation where the other side can read your mind. Nothing could go wrong with that.
I got dressed. Jeans. A sweater. Nothing special. Armor was use
