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ered the massive wooden table as all eyes turned to the ilKhan.
“The Watch had no bearing on your ability to defend your posi-
tion in the combat trial,” he countered. “It is an organization that
reports to me. Its purposes are mine and mine alone, and not for
debate by this Council.”
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“I was not asked to contribute to this Watch, ilKhan. I can only
assume that it was put in place to work against my Wolverines. As
such, and given its rather dark and nefarious nature, it is impos-
sible to know if it corrupted my Trial.”
Nicholas was not used to his Khans talking back, at least not so
boldly. He was also not used to being caught off guard and ex-
posed. “How dare you level such accusations?” he snapped back,
his voice seemed to shake Sarah’s entire body.
“I am a member of this Council,” she replied.
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“You forget your place,” replied Franklin Osis, the Smoke Jaguar
Khan. “Sarah, you are merely a Khan. We are all subordinate to
the ilKhan. If he wishes to create a surveillance mechanism, then
he can. He can involve whatever Clans he wishes to in it.”
“You speak freely, Franklin,” McEvedy pressed. “I notice that you
have nothing at risk here. The integrity of your Clan and your ma-
terial holdings are not in question. I have known you for years. I
have no doubt that you would respond much more hotly than I
am right now if it were the Jaguars that were in danger of being
stripped of resources.”
“The Smoke Jaguars are not in question here,” Khan Karrige re-
plied. “What is at stake is our rule of law. You have seemed to turn
your back on it. You have lost your Trial to my Widowmakers who
defended the decision of the ilKhan and the Grand Council. You
are ignoring decades of law and order that have kept our people
at peace and prosperous. Who are you to do this?”
“I am the Khan of Clan Wolverine,” McEvedy said firmly. Just say-
ing the words made some of her aches and pains fade, if only for
a moment. “It is not me that has forgotten my duties and respon-
sibilities, Jason.” She held back making any more accusations.
Enough had been laid down in this debate already. Her challeng-
ing of the ilKhan regarding the discovery of The Watch was more
than enough to add tension to the atmosphere.
“I remind you, Khan McEvedy, that you are simply a Khan. My
word holds the law here,” Nicholas Kerensky said angrily. “You
have no standing to question my decisions and actions. You may
rule one of twenty of the Clans, but I rule us all.”
“This debate is pointless,” The Khan of the Coyote Clan added.
“We should move ahead with the bidding for the Brian Cache’s