True, it sounded like Ian had run Julius’s ideas through an evil overlord filter what with the new focus on power and taking, but at its heart, his message was the same one Julius had been pushing all along: a peaceful transition of power, the end of might-makes-right-rule, and a chance for all Heartstrikers to have a say in the leadership of their own clan. That was what he’d been fighting for this whole time, and after so long feeling like he was talking to himself, hearing those same ideas coming out of Ian’s mouth was nothing short of extraordinary, though not nearly as extraordinary as
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