Wolfe stepped back from the microphone and the whole room buzzed with excitement. This was great news. The highway itself had been enough to get the Family heads scheming about new ways to corner markets and make a fortune moving goods, but if they no longer needed to send so many people to the border for the Monster Tide, they could focus more of their attention on improving the city and repopulating.
That was one of the primary driving factors in Family decisions within Sylvan Coven. They had lost countless people in the attack last winter, including many of their best and brightest. But the new generation was going to be born without the curse, so they would grow to what remained of their natural potential after generations of degradation, and begin to recover the bloodlines of the Sylvan Families.
