“This meeting is in session!” John cried for what seemed like the thousandth time. I looked around the room for West but didn’t see him. K’y’erma had shown him to another room when we arrived. “Can we actually get something done in the first ten minutes of a meeting for once?” The room gradually quieted down and John took his seat at the head of the table, “Thank you. Now who wants to go first?” Several people talked at once but John raised his hand and looked at it, “What is this? A raised hand? Well, you, sir, can go first. The Greeks have informed me of new intelligence that we should consider when planning. Hades has been growing more and more secretive lately and his army has grown. We agree this might mean he has aligned with Lucifer. Ashley, do you agree?”

I looked toward John in surprise; I hadn’t really been paying much attention. “I’m sorry, John, but shouldn’t we wait for West?”

Before John could answer K’yerma burst into the room. I hadn’t even noticed her absence. “Jown, West is gone!”