The alliance negotiations had taken place over three intense days, with each session revealing new complexities in balancing the needs and concerns of groups that had been enemies for centuries. Luna had insisted that all discussions be recorded in both human legal language and supernatural binding oaths, creating documentation that would be enforceable by both mundane and magical authorities.
"The territorial arrangements are the most complex issue," Kane said, reviewing the draft agreement on the final day of negotiations. "We're essentially redrawing the map of supernatural North America."
The alliance had to address fundamental questions about jurisdiction and authority that had never been formally resolved. Vampire territories had been established through centuries of political mane
