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"Liam’s brother is his second In a close race with their dad"
"Liam’s brother is the Guardian and shouldn’t be used as his second And by rights, their dad should be dead"
In the wild, Dylan Morrissey, Liam’s father, certainly would have been dead But Liam had shown him mercy For the first time in Shifter history, the old clan leader was allowed to live out his life instead of being killed or driven into the wilderness by the newer, younger leader Civilized life in Shiftertoas changing everything
"The point is," Gavan said, "In Shiftertowns, the leadership is all messed up Why should one Feline clan, the Morrisseys, rule? That was an arbitrary decision by the humans Why is Liam at the head of the Austin Shiftertown? Why was it Dylan before hioes on in both Austin and San Antonio than anyone else The leaders pretend they’re on top of things, but we do all the grunt work"
"Does your Shiftertown leader agree with you?" Spike asked
Gavan laughed "Would I be talking to you if he did?"
The leader of the San Antonio Shiftertown these days was a Lupine, who had been head of the highest ranking Lupine clan there Though Gavan had stayed on as the Lupine’s tracker, no one in Gavan’s faht, ht?" Spike asked
"Yep Fight and win That’s it"
Spike reached for his coffee and took another sip "Who a?"
"You worry about that when you step into the ring I’ a lot of money on you, which should tell you I’"
"And you don’t care if I tell Liam all this?"
Gavan opened his hands "It’s your choice It’s not against the rules for hts, and to tell you I think you’re a winner Whether you decide to use your skills to move up the hierarchy is your business But if I’m ever in a position toI will be--you’ll be hearing from me"
Spike folded his hands around his cup and studied the liquid inside Let Gavan think hi each other around like Jordan chasing hi to be subtle, but he’d always been about as subtle as a leopard with square spots
Ambitious Shifters weren’t hard to find--it was natural to try to move up in the hierarchy Better to be dominant than have to let others kick your ass all the ti to establish his position