Bel replied, “We’ve been here three days, and in many ways, I really love it. There’s too much going on at once, which makes things feel chaotic at times. But there is so much happiness in almost everybody you meet.”

“That’s good,” Pia murmured, relishing the Elven woman’s bright presence and the dappled sunlight falling through the trees. The first generation of the Elder Races carried tremendous Power, and Beluviel shone against her mind’s eye like a star.

“There are also factions and arguments already.”

“What? People have been here for like five minutes.”

“I know. The Dark Fae are feuding with the Vampyres, and the Light Fae group have managed to bribe some of the construction workers off one of the city buildings they were working on. The foreman of the city building is threatening to bring charges against the workers that abandoned her project.”

“How can she bring charges when Dragos hasn’t finalized the law structure?” Pia frowned. For the moment, Dragos’s word was the only law Rhyacia had—and by extension that authority would also be Graydon’s.

“Well, exactly,” Bel said. “Nothing’s going to come of it, and she’s got to know that. I think she just doesn’t want to get penalized for not meeting her deadlines. Oh—and the Demonkind have set up a distillery too close to some living quarters. There’ve been multiple complaints about the smell, along with some drunken brawling, and…and just don’t let any of them get to you. If anybody tries to approach you with a grievance, send them to Graydon. He said to make sure to tell you that.”

Graydon had centuries of experience with being one of Dragos’s original sentinels in New York, and he was well versed in handling civil, personal, and criminal disputes. Dragos had already asked him if he could consider becoming governor of the city, and while Graydon hadn’t yet officially replied, the general expectation was that he would probably accept.

“Got it,” Pia replied. “Sending grievances to Graydon won’t be a problem.” She had more than enough experience with people trying to get to Dragos through her, and the tactic annoyed her to no end.