Chapter 5 – Egos Shariel Veruseven needed all her willpower to keep her temper under control. Dealing with one clan chieftain was taxing enough. Dealing with several at once, all of whom had their own ideas about how to prosecute the war, was maddening. And Felids being Felids, violence was always a possibility. She idly wondered if everyone would make it out of the room alive. They were on Three Swords Island on the world of Sherin Ch'taia, a sacred place for the Felid Breed. She and the chieftains of the SCAR clans were in a conference room in the Sherin Alraia monastery in the town of Spiritfall. The room was cozy enough, with wood paneling, thick carpet, a long table flanked by comfortable padded chairs, and a row of windows on one wall. The Alraians were mostly absent from the monas