8After dealing with Helga, the rest of the time with the bears seemed to fly by. Samantha easily did more research in the last three weeks than she had in the month and a week that Helga had been bothering her. It seemed like she was completely accepted by the bears.
Olga was happy helping with the peace process. She even went as far to walk through what the bears would require from the wolves—should the wolves come to the table with an offer. Olga seemed to think that they would and she hadn’t been wrong yet. Samantha felt more comfortable than ever.
Still it was a relief to return with Ben to her hotel room. They had barely had a moment to enjoy the peace of the room before Samantha received a call asking her to come down to the lobby. She smiled apologetically at Ben and slipped out o
