DREAMS DRENCHED IN GOLD

It had been a long walk, full of mostly awkward silences. Vi had called Sibelle to see if she had wanted to accompany Vi on peace treaties to Glaciem and Olympus but beyond that Vi had been unable to say much. She and Desiree had patched up the train wreck of a marriage only to have to damaged again at the meeting when Crucifix had said that he had stopped banging Sib because he had seen 'raspberries'... Thank god Desiree was a fucking saint, they had kissed and made up again, but still there was a lingering tension there. Vi had attempted to make awkward chit chat along the way, only succeeding when she had begun to tell Sib of Scorpions plans for the council and the drug trade and the gladiator battles. Finally Vi would stop, on the far edge of the frozen lake with the trees beneath it and looking into the mile high woods. "Would you mind calling Athena for me?" Vi asked softly, forcing a tense smile as she lowered her haunches to the ground and shifted her weight off her left leg. She had been dreading this ever since her last meeting with Roman...