After dressing again, and making sure the corps were well hidden, she finally asked. "Are we ready to go, girls?"
Elizabeth and you were speechless, surprised by both how fast Selene devoured the three jerks lives and how perky this snack made her. The two of you were so impressed, nodding was the only way you could answer.
Your beloved, satisfied with both her siren-style breakfast and your positive answer, tossed two bikinis at you (one to Eliza and one to you) before grabbing a beach-towel and a backpack. When you asked why she did that, she remembered you "We live one the coast, so close we can easily walk to it! Now wear these things, so we can go!"
Selene choose to use the back-door, almost forgetting to close the door behind you. Naturally, you didn't go Florencia's side of the beach.
Using the beach-towel to make it look like someone was swimming nearby, your wife put her backpack on it, her cloths safely hidden in it. Thanks to the coast configuration, you were able to safely eat without going out of the watter. You were disappointed by how easily you found these five more jerk, and seeing Selene eat one more man so soon make you wonder if she didn't get more than one daughter in that belly of hers.
After that, your two sisters explained how the council worked, and the way things usually goes with it.
"The council is composed of volunteering sisters from the locals sisterhoods. When a sister ask to join the council, she need the head-sisters accept her as a counselor. If they do then, and only then, the she become a counselor. Every counselor come from a different sisterhood, but not all sisterhoods have a member in the council. Because of that, and since we can't let the members of our highest authority starving, a council session with all counselors present is unheard of, and probably impossible." Explained Selene.
"Even if the counselors still are 'common-sisters', any decision taken by the council is law and must be followed." Completed Elizabeth. "To be valid, a council session need a minimum of five counselors, alongside the presence of two trusted. Said trusted are usually women who know of us and help protect our secret, but can also be sisterless siren. Like Selene was, after getting exiled."
The pregnant mermaid was the one to speak again, when came the time to explain how to act when facing the council. "A council session is an extremely formal thing. When exposing our problem, you will need to always use titles. That mean you can't just call us 'Elizabeth' or 'Selene'. You must remember to always refer to me as 'head-sister Selene' or 'my head-sister'. Any siren must be referred in a similar same way. So it's 'sister Elizabeth' and, as disgusting as that sound, 'head-sister Florencia'."
"Yes, disgusting!" You confirmed. "What about counselors and trusted?"
Elizabeth was the one to answer. "Just call them counselors and trusted. But never use their name when addressing them directly, even if you learn it."
Soon after that, your sisters were able to point to the council location, a point on the horizon.