The Council Meeting began and the seven high ranking Milagrosos in their clan sat at a round table in a private chamber.  They had been called by five of the seven council members to discuss the fate of Tina Kennard.  Queen Helena has the final word in the verdict but for this meeting she was merely presiding to hear the various arguments concerning her favorite warrior.

“It’s treason!”  Franklin pushed.

“We know she fell in love with Queen Bette and has been in a relationship with her for the past 2 months, but that doesn’t mean that she betrayed us.”  Kate Arden argued back.

“She revealed our clan secrets to the enemy” Weezy sided with Franklin.  “Queen Bette has the knowledge of our sacred white orb power.  A Muerte Segura throwing white orbs is unnatural.”

“But Tina learned how to throw their black orbs and it has been rumored that she had the displeasure of taking a life!”  Kate, once again, defended.

“We don’t know what she has been doing or saying to them but we shouldn’t let our guard down just because we are going to join forces with them.”  Franklin shook his head then added, “We have been enemies for millenniums it will take a lot more than a ‘special connection’ to change that.”

“Well said” Weezy smiled at Franklin giving him a wink and her best bedroom gaze.  Franklin quickly cleared his throat and looked around the table to see if anyone else had seen their brief exchange, luckily everyone else was preoccupied with the queen’s silence.

“I see both your points” Helena stated still appearing to be deep in thought.  “But I would rather we leave it for the hearing when we can hear what Kennard has to offer as an explanation of her actions.  I would like to give her the benefit of the doubt because she took on difficult task.”  She looked at the council members, “It’s not easy to be uprooted to have your memory erased and sent out to live with your mortal enemy.”

Meanwhile in the prisoner’s quarters, Tina sat in a dimly lit cave with a single entrance, locked from the outside.  A bed attached to the wall with pull out drawers underneath along with a desk and chair, were the only furnishings.  Under different circumstances she would’ve been treated as the other prisoners and thrown into the Milagrosos equivalent of a dungeon.  However, Dana would not allow it.  The captain was head strong in giving her best friend the best comforts their facility can offer.  In this case, the cave is the Milagrosos equivalent of a five star hotel.