Chapter 261 The First Council

• Ava
• Golden sunlight streamed through the enormous windows, shafts of warmth spreading across the large meeting hall. A fire crackled merrily in the hearth, and a long oak table had been placed at the center of the room. Soft piano music played from a human-made record player in the corner, and council members milled around with cups of tea and coffee in their hands.
• Being here, back in Full Moon, was surreal. It was so… different now. So warm, so bright, so full of life. So beautiful, in its own ice-and-stone way.