Late at night while men slept, a few others were awake and going about their business. Eric had scheduled the meeting with the core members of the commission at such unholy hours when there wouldn't be many eyes on them. It was held in one of their secret locations and Eric made his entrance when he was sure everyone had arrived.
"Thank you for accepting my invitation on such short notice," Eric said, accepting his seat with all eyes on him.
Each leader of the five, no, four families - except for the late Basil family - were here. However while there should be a total of four people present, there were five instead. While Niklaus Spencer was part of the Sakuzi family, he was merely the son-in-law to Valentine Sakuzi, having married his daughter, Reina.
Hence both families united as one, however in critical meetings like this one, Niklaus tended to make an appearance himself alongside the current leader and foster son of Sakuzi, Emerald.
