Chapter 180 - City Abuzz
Carson
After he was led away from the meeting room, he and his group were made to wait in a sparsely populated room with little decor. They could have done with a bit more seating but they were all used to the wilds at this point. After a few weeks of sleeping on the ground, a lack of comfortable chairs wasn't a big deal.
After the meeting concluded, Carson assumed the leader would talk it over with whoever he had as advisors or someone similar. The man didn't strike Carson as the type to rule alone.
He didn't have the controlling personality or need to be in power that would indicate ruling with an iron fist. While they had only just met, that was the sense he got anyway.
They were left to twiddle their thumbs for a few hours but someone eventually came to speak with them. The person who came through the door wasn't the City Owner, it was someone new they hadn't met before.
Not that being new meant anything, from what they could tell, hundreds of people lived here and they had only met a handful. Which was a good thing if they thought about it. With the settlement being this far North they had assumed it would be sparse with people but it wasn't that bad. A far cry from the dozen or so Noah guessed there was.
Not even half the number Fort Hope had, but enough to make a difference if they decided to send aid. Which Carson hoped they did.
The person who came to meet them this time was a woman instead of a man but there was a resemblance to the City Owner that was unmistakable. Her hair was brown, darker than the man's blonde, but they had a similar facial structure denoting a familial connection.
She didn't match the City Owner in hair color or eye color, making it hard to tell how close of family they were, but it was obvious they were at least family of some sort.
Her hair was tied up in a professional bun with little ornamentation and her appearance made him picture glasses on her face but there were none. Instead, her deep blue eyes were free of containment and reminded him of looking into the ocean.
She entered swiftly and stood before them without fear, "We have discussed the information and have agreed to send help. We believe this threat to be big enough that we should put it down now before it's allowed to grow."
Her words were measured and diplomatic, but that didn't matter to Carson. They were getting help and a small weight lifted from his shoulders.