Page 128 of He Who Sleeps

"If they need time and space away from the others to heal, that's fine," he said, grabbing his phone to make a note. "I'll get transport arranged."

"I can do that," Carter said. "Let me liaise with Matron Elise and organize the transfer. You have enough on your plate."

“Use the jet,” Emerson said. “In fact, Carter...we should buy some new transport.” Given the amount of money they now controlled from the dead Elders, they had much at their disposal. “Matron, how ready for a large amount of people is Ohio?”

“Well enough. We make do with what we have, same with the rest of the compounds,” Elise said to him.

“Not anymore. Carter, can we make sure Elise and the other matrons have access to the accounts? I think also modernizing anything that needs it, and ensuring they are all more than comfortable is paramount.”

"I'm meeting with the accountants tomorrow," Finn said. "I think, at least to start with, we need to have some kind of budgetary plan in place. It might be an obscene amount of money, but rebuilding and education and rehabilitation are going to be expensive. I'll make sure Matron Elise has access to an account with a generous allowance, but we aren't going to make the mistakes of the Elders we ousted. All that money is going to be accounted for and transparent. If you want a new jet, put in some paperwork explaining why it's necessary so that we have something on file."

Emerson laughed. “Okay, okay...but for now, Matron, my company jet is at your disposal.”

“Generous of you. Thank you.”

“Thank you nothing, you fit so many puzzle pieces together for us, it’s the least we can do.”

“I would love to sit and talk with you all soon, before I leave of course...”

“Dinner in the main hall will be for everyone in attendance tonight,” Jack said.

“Wonderful. Thank you, gentlemen.” She looked to Petra. “And thank you, Priestess.”

She nodded.

Elise left moments later, leaving Petra with the seven of them. He looked her over, heart hurting, at how beautiful she was. And she was theirs.

“So...you going to tell your friends?” Rix asked.

She nodded. “Though it might be something I might have to do in person, they are going to call bullshit.”

“I’m sure we can make that happen. Though something tells me Damon and the guys will want to meet them as well,” Jack said.

"Yeah, the way that Bradley ran out of here was pretty telling," Leo laughed. "But you said they didn't freak out when you told them about us, so they might not be averse to an introduction to other groups."

"And now you can tell them the whole truth," Easton pointed out. "No more secrets between friends."

She nodded. "I think that's the best part of this. My friends, my family get to be part of this, too.”

"Do you think they would want to be?" he asked her. " I mean I know they were interested but..."

"I think so. I mean it would be different for them than with us but that's not a bad thing. And we don’t know they would end up involved, either."

"Still, it's family they didn't know they had before," Leo pointed out. "I mean you guys are the family I chose, but finding out my mom is alive means something completely different. I'm sure they'll be excited about all of it."

"Plus, it's pretty cool to find out that God is actually real," Carter said, amused. "I still remember the look on your face when you saw the power coming out of the well at Halloween."

"I wonder if that's how or why they ended up where they are," Finn said thoughtfully. "Didn't you say they were scientists or something? Perhaps He will work through them to make groundbreaking discoveries."

“That might be true, though how is it I went into art?”

“Safe to say it’s how you connect with Easton,” Rix said.

"And me," Finn reminded her. "We were all in your life in some way before we knew we were supposed to be. That had to be him making maneuvers."

“That is true,” Emerson said. “Could it be that the devotion complements their group?”

“Who is to say they would be devotions? Fiona is not interested in a buncha dudes...”

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