Tempted by the Jaguar #2: Revelation (Riverford Shifters) by Cristina Rayne

Author:Cristina Rayne [Rayne, Cristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Kylie sunk back down onto the couch, a little stunned that he had actually answered her truthfully given what Paul had told her yesterday about the Sniffers.

“What ‘other things’ are we talking about here?” she asked.

Hunter resumed his place on the far end of the couch. “What you have to understand about most of the shifter clans in general is that we’re a fairly cooperative bunch. We’ve had to be in order to keep ourselves hidden from the humans for so long. However, the lion clans have always seen things differently. Their clans have always been strong, their numbers at least twice that of all the other clans. Back in the day, when each clan was ruled by a single alpha, their alphas were often powerful lords that controlled entire regions, ruling over even the humans, and because of that, they’ve always believed that everyone, not just the shifter clans, should answer to them.

“Then the human population exploded and whole shifter clans began immigrating to the ‘new world,’ and the lions realized that they didn’t have near enough the numbers to lord it over us anymore. Needless to say, they were pretty pissed about that. To this day, they’ve had only one goal—to regain the power they once held. Not just over shifters, but everyone. They want to be kings sitting on a world throne.”

Even though what Hunter was telling her was nothing new, it still sent a chill down her spine having what first her parents, then Paul, had been telling her all her life confirmed by someone outside their circle.

“What is it they’re doing exactly?” Kylie asked.

“They’re conquering major cities one by one,” Hunter replied quite matter-of-factly, “and right under the humans’ noses.”

“What do you mean? Because the last I checked, I haven’t seen any lion armies marching into cities on the news.”

The smile on Hunter’s lips didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Over the past hundred years, the sneaky bastards have been slowly taking control over every aspect of the cities they’ve been targeting. Businesses, politics, medicine, you name it and the so-called ‘pillars of the community’ in a majority of the major cities around the world are almost all lions.

“Of course, in the cities with shifter clans, there was a shit-ton of resistance, and at first, most were successful in keeping the lion clans from usurping their territories. Then gradually, as the lions grew their businesses into several multi-billion dollar corporations in everything from global exports to technology, it became nearly impossible for the other shifter clans to keep them out. Once in, it was only a matter of time before the lions controlled all the shifter clans in the region, too.”

“Why didn’t the other shifters just leave?” Kylie demanded.

Hunter scowled. “In the beginning, some tried, but when several of the shifters that had made a run for it started to turn up dead—in some instances whole families—no one else dared leave.”

“Are you serious?” Kylie exclaimed. “Who do they think they are, the mafia?”

“Actually, that’s a very good comparison, too.

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