Chapter 42 Silas We're currently here in my home office. I was only going to discuss matters with him over the phone because I thought I was going to be busy with my wife in her forest, but then she basically shooed me away, after I told her half of the things that I would do to her over breakfast. It was clear as day that she didn't want me close to her because she knows that she will give in and she won't be able to finish her work in her forest. And so, instead of discussing matters with Aleksei over the phone, I had just invited him over to discuss it personally. Of course, he temporarily left Katherine with a buttload of security surrounding her workplace and home. His phone also beeped every five minutes, which are most probably updates about Katherine's status. "My people still

