Two weeks passed in fitful spurts while the Misfits martialled the media to their advantage, collaborating once again with Vidal. Their plan started out slow, as they didn’t want the Twilight Promenade to come down on them like a ton of bricks. No, while the Princess’s former pack was still distracted by their bigger problems, the Misfits were using their allies and resources to slowly, insidiously, tilt the tide of public favor. It started with rumors that Princess Francesca had found her mate. Those rumors only grew when Chessa was seen having lunch on the Promenade Collegiate green with a group of other co-eds, which just happened to include a few members of the Misfits. She even started going out to parties and school functions, something she had been expressly forbidden from doing be