Once breakfast was over, they were all back to business, but not all in a good mood. The Council Families were livid at the terms that had been forced upon them, while also trying to come to grips with the change in their power balance now that there was a Fae "Advisor" who was completely loyal to the Coven Leader and not under the influence of any of their factions.
They hadn't made a single misstep that they could see, but they had still lost big today, and the blow felt like a slap in the face. Even the Council Members, the cronies that they had carefully handpicked, had let the power get to their heads, and they had used their new authority to overrule the wills of their Families.
Even worse, they were being forced to sit through the presentation of an entire negotiation that they had no part in making, which didn't contain a single kickback, sweetheart project or no strings attached funding source for them.
