Rowan’s POV
It becomes clear by about midnight that the reception isn’t going to end until sunup.
“That doesn’t mean we have to stay until sunup,” Red tells me when I point this out. “We’ve accomplished what we needed to.”
She’s right about that. After solidifying invitations to Davenport, the Enchanted Woodlands, and Carmella, Red even approached Vance Eaton himself, informing him sweetly that she had some politics she’d like to discuss with him when the celebrations were over. He offered to return to Meridian to meet with her here, but she politely declined.
“As a new world leader, I would like my first act to be to travel the world that I’m now such a big part of, and see my fellow leaders in action.”
He looked rather impressed by that, I thought, and bowed his head. “Then we shall
