Chapter Five
For once, the Council chambers were buzzing with activity. Cissy wasn't sure if she liked it. While this was how it was supposed to be, there were too many people around, and it was hard to keep an eye on everyone.
Brendon could waltz into the room and it would take them longer to notice than she was completely comfortable with. But this was the way it had to be while they were trying to orchestrate an operation of this size. There was so much that needed to be done if they were going to check every property belonging to Brendon as well as those that had previously belonged to Alvin.
Cissy was reasonably sure the High Council had taken control over all of the latter, but it was better to check them than assume they were sitting empty still. But chances were that Brendon wou
