55-Alex POV
"Yeah, they mentioned the name...Minerve."
My heart dropped into my stomach at what Mandy relayed to Hope. If Becca had something to do with Minerve, that could spell trouble for the rest of us. She had been accepted back with open and compassionate arms...learning everything about us, from the way we run our hospitals to who sits on our council. Giving any of this information to Minerve would spell certain trouble for us.
Gareth groaned, "man, why are these things always happening at the wrong time? We're going to need to move the tournament up...we can't keep wasting time in case Minerve has something planned. Our allies are still not secure, our strategy isn't solid...man, this is the worst." I hadn't even seen him joining the conversation, but I agreed with his sentiment
