"Thank you, Lord General," Ashlynn said with a warm smile for Thane before she surveyed the other leaders gathered around the table. Savis seemed to be recovering from his earlier clash with Thane and was looking at the map as if it were a side of beef, ready to be carved up into choice targets that he would be able to sink his claws into. Tausau, sitting next to him, had been very attentive, listening to the plan as Ashlynn unfolded it and committing each piece to memory.
Several of the people around the table who knew Ashlynn the best were waiting to learn their own roles to play in what was to come. Zedya knew that these opening moves weren't the right place for her to contribute, though she wondered if her Lenny would be called to assist with Tausau's Mongrels. As a veteran captain, he could be useful in coordinating, while a low-risk hunt might also be ideal for the new vampire to exercise his newly awakened powers.
