NEVA POV
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The document Della had taken from Edric's office was a pre-emptive injunction — not against the compound's operating license, which we'd expected, but against Holt's reaffirmation signing itself. Edric was arguing that Holt Mallen, as a co-signatory to the original Castell alliance, had no right to unilaterally reaffirm any clause within the alliance without Edric's counter-signature. One patriarch couldn't invoke a clause that required both parties' participation to write in the first place.
"It's actually a solid argument," Mitch said, and the specific flatness of his voice when he said it was the clearest possible indication that he found this personally irritating.
"Can it hold?" Ryke said.
"It will hold long enough to be inconvenient, which is the point." Mitch had t
