"Look," he spat. "We can stand right here and you can query me till the others get themselves organized and flip up as a team and all hell breaks loose. Or Lhars can name Tryson and he can come with me and we can get this beneath some control earlier than anyone begins dying!"
Ignoring him, Diane asked, "If I convey you the Alpha, what are you going do? Specifically."
Mark's jaw twitched, however he stored his voice low. "I'm going to explain to him what the response to Lina's loss of life has been within the organization. Their fears, and their hopes. I'm going to coach him on what to say, and when, and to whom. And then I'm going to take him back with me and existing him to them—willingly. So they will consider it. And pray that he can convince them. Because if he does, things continu
