Frostbound

I spent most of the night and the following morning thinking about it to no avail. Jonathan's warning that it didn't happen overnight was proving true. My Law came after a few hours of effort and a bit of insight but forming a spirit anchor was proving difficult.

Plus, I had other things to worry about. The 25th wave was coming in a few days and we needed to be ready for it. There was still something I needed to discuss with everyone before that happened though. Something that I had kept hidden.

While I was talking with Tracy in front of her camp, she offered me the chance to merge factions. We could merge and join her camp. Adding together the power of my family with the defensiveness of what she had built.

It wasn't something I initially planned to entertain, but seeing her camp changed my mind. We had always said no to merging camps or letting people join us but this time was different.

Tracy's camp was a lot stronger than ours and could help defend against the waves better. We had strong people but we didn't have the strong camp they did. Every time my family fought, we risked someone dying.

Declining wasn't something I wanted on my conscience.

At first, it was a matter of trust. We didn't trust anyone to join or for us to join others. We were all still feeling out the new world we found ourselves in. Now, though, it was different. We could hold our own.

I wasn't able to see the woman face to face but I could tell I was stronger. I wasn't sure how, but I was. The feeling she gave off wasn't clear because of the spell we used to talk, but I would put her somewhere near Rachel's level.

We had multiple people at that strength. If we were to join, we wouldn't have to worry about getting stabbed in the back as much. We would be able to fight the entire camp, especially at our full strength.

The hardest part would be getting through the walls if we were to attack, but if we joined, that wouldn't be a problem. We would be let in.

As bad as that sounded, I had no plans to attack the woman. We had our hands full as it was with the waves, we didn't need to add conquering other pylons into the mix.

Also, it seemed that Tracy understood that. She was focused on surviving the waves rather than trying to conquer. I could respect that. It was just a thought I had when thinking it over and one of my many worst case scenarios.