#Chapter 137 Accepted

Charles Charles let the relief settle over me as she met my gaze, steady, and a bit of that fear faded a little. She was listening, thinking, and planning, not just reacting. "Annex their packs," I said. She frowned. "What?" "You need to increase your land stake, and Mooncrest doesn't necessarily have the infrastructure to handle that large of an influx just yet. You could control the movement and screen people as needed through the formal transfer process in your own time." Her eyes flickered to the maps on the wall. She frowned and bit her lip. "It's a good compromise," Eason said. "I'm still combing through the data to figure out the Mooncrest landstake.... I'd be farther along if someone wasn't watching me like a hawk." "Listen to George for your health." Eason scoffed, and I grinned. "Or you could keep pushing buttons if you'd like to be bent over something sooner rather than later." "He already said spanking is off the table until I put on some more weight. No go." I