Wolfe gave Ella a kiss on the forehead as he crawled over her to get out of bed the next morning, replacing himself with Cassie in her arms so that he could get to work.
They were bringing the last of the vendors over this morning, and King Petros wanted to be in attendance to see how everyone was settling in, now that the beastkin students had a few weeks at the Academy.
But at the same time, the Continental Representatives were on their way over to see how their own local vendors were doing, and making certain that the new layout of the city didn't favour one of them over the others.
They were always in competition, though it was generally a friendly one with low stakes, as they would help each other out in times of shortage. That didn't make it any less of a competition, and they were keeping a tally of who was doing the best to get their Continent toward the goals they had set.
