Eventually everyone became a liability, even people you liked. The only thing you could do in such a situation was get rid of them.
Friends always felt betrayed when the tie was broken. They never saw themselves as weights pulling you down. They saw themselves as your equal when your superiority was so obvious to anyone who looked without prejudice.
But supremacy and leadership required the tough decisions, and that meant severing ties that were no longer an asset. Look at Jason. He became a liability. He had to go. And he was gone. No regrets. Merely a matter of the survival of the fittest.
No one was indispensible. No one. Not even your closest confidant. The spoils went to the victor, and he was the victor. He always had been, and he always would be.
He breathed deeply, energy and excitement zinging through his veins. It was time for another to go. He’d seen it coming for some time. The big question was how total the disconnect would be. Another Jase?
He smiled at his reflection in the tiny mirror. Probably.