Chapter 323 - Collective Bargaining

Sweat rolled down Hugo Hanrahan's back as servants passed plate after plate of local delicacies to the assembled guildmasters and their guests. Sitting on a seat beside him, a leather-bound ledger contained all of his notes for the meeting with the Fellowship of Wayfinders but his notes about negotiations with the other guild masters were far from complete enough to present any detailed facts and figures. Even worse, no one had told him that they would be meeting with Master Isabell and her guild of engineers. When it came to negotiating for her services, he had absolutely nothing prepared!