Axel's eyes widened, 'So Dane wasn't messing with me.'
"I knew we should have sent the guards after him. Now look at what it's brought us!"
Garrick was in his usual ferver, though this time he was justified.
"We couldn't have sent the guard after them, Orin was coming for our headset, remember?"
Even though it was phrased as a question, it sounded more like a statement. Her words usually do.
"Well… yeah, but…" Garrick tried to make an argument, but he hadn't gotten that far.
After a couple seconds of an uncomfortable silence, the queen stepped in.
"What are you going to do about it."
The room returned to a half silence, Garrick's mind was trying to come up with something to argue against Claire's retort while Claire was expecting Garrick to make some dumb remarks she could shoot down for brownie points.
"Can't we just talk to them? See if we could strike a deal?"
Axel was the one to break the silence, though he was about to figure out why there was a silence.
"A deal?" Garrick laughed as if it was the funniest joke anyone had ever told him. "You can't be serious?"
Axel was stunned and confused by the reaction. It was an unwanted reminder of where he was. He looked down at the floor.
"you're serious." what was left of Garrick's smile had flipped into almost a snarle, "You idiot, making a deal with someone like that makes us look weak!" He slammed his fist into the table.
The Queen didn't say anything.
Claire chimed in,
"I hate to admit it, but Garrick has a point. Rowan is even more dense and as hard headed as Garrick is"
Garrick scowled, but didn't start anything instead he continued,
"He's a brilliant tactician and strategist, but he never fit the mold of a general."
'Why does it sound like they know each other?'