Chapter 34

But pinning your hopes on just one person—especially if that person happened to be a councilman—was undoubtedly foolish.

Even if they managed to make contact and reach some form of agreement, once the other side realized they had no other options, who was to say the councilman wouldn't simply consume them whole to erase all loose ends?

Only by playing the field could they ensure their interests were safeguarded—and even maximized.