Page 102 of Bruised MC Bear
“I apologize for the outburst,” he added before she could respond. “My intention was not to frighten you. What I’m trying to say is this. Nine years ago, we were all willing, but we were deceived. And each subsequent year, the men were forced to be turned. Now, we want the choice to join or to abstain, and we must no longer be treated as beasts of burden. Back then, transforming men into shifters was the first solution. It worked during the Big Storm. We made our stand against the ravagers outside the Sector walls, and it has worked since then, but nine years have passed, Knowledge has advanced, yet we are still the only line of defense to support the physical barriers and the Nauru’s containment spells. What if I were to tell you that there is already a new and proven enchantment for defending our borders, one that is much more efficient, and less taxing on our resources, except that Minassus has refused to implement it?”
Kira looked down at her hands, then returned her gaze to him. “I imagine I would ask the Regent why we have not put those measures in place,” she said after some time.
He shook his head. “And if he said it was his choice?”
She shifted around in the chair. “I do not know…”
“Which is the real problem with our Sector. Why does he get to dictate what happens to each citizen? Why does he answer to no one? We had a council of fifteen witches and humans before the first shifters were turned. Or maybe you are too young to remember.”
“I do remember.”
“Then you know that the Sector was governed in a fair and equitable manner until he disbanded the council. What will it take to get rational men and women, and witches like you, to wake up and demand logic and reason? When will all men, women, witches and shifters be equal and valued for the individual contributions we choose to give to Sector Two?”
