They met in the second half of the day, knowing they needed a good plan now more than ever. The meeting room, complete with a long mahogany table, was warm and cosy, not at all a place one would imagine as a hub to discuss the strategies of not one but two countries in a looming war. Gideon and his wife sat at the head of the table, with Elene and Kai on both sides of them. Maya lingered in the background behind her Alphas while her husband was still missing. Warg sat at the opposite end of the table as a representative of the East and Salome, who joined the group last together with Dalisay, slipped in next to him, eliciting a low growl from Joaquin, who had saved a place for her next to himself and Elene. "Sorry I am late!" Reid entered with a metal box in his hands. "The water samples