Rose turned three the same week the Council asked me to take on a new project that would require traveling to different territories and documenting how the peace initiatives were working in practice.

"How long would you be gone" Jax asked when I told him about it.

"A few weeks at a time maybe a month" I said "They want detailed reports from at least ten different regions."

"That's a lot of time away from Rose" he said.

"I know" I said "But this could be important and if we can show that the ...