I’m currently writing the Park portions of Paradigm Shift. He’s got a different story than Gregor, his concerns obviously being very different. It’s kind of fun 🙂
EXCERPT:
Barely home a day and already sent out again, this time for a domestic reason, but just as important. He left his accustomed body armor behind and wore a soberly professional suit, his rank pinned to his collar.
“So why have I been called out?” he asked the Attache sharing the back of the car with him.
Her smile was a wide stretch of lips painted vivid red, complimenting her raptor’s eyes. He thought he caught a whiff of old blood lingering on her skin. “Your Family has shown much interest in acquiring another Third. As a mark of Command’s favor, you’ve been offered first crack at the Third discovered through the latest blood draw. You should say thank you.”
“Thank you,” he drawled, settling his hands on his knees. He’d known he’d done good work with that last mission, but he hadn’t expected to have a Third handed over to his Family. The State must be pleased with him and all he’d done to give him preliminary Courting options. Grandfather would be pleased.
“This is my stop,” she said. The car slowed and she stepped out before it had halted, slamming the door behind her.
Dylan amused himself with the image of her tumbling off the sidewalk and under the wheels of the large truck following behind them. It was an unkind wish, but he’d dealt with the Attache before and she was nothing but a mad dog. When she was let off the leash she barely differentiated friend from foe; it made him wary of her.
He picked up the case she’d left him and settled back into the seat to read. He had received a Third as a reward, he might as well find out what he could about–
Dylan opened the file and looked at the picture of the dark haired young man. A handsome face that might have looked cold if it wasn’t for the sly slant of his brows, the hint of laughter curling his lips. Staring out of the picture was a pair of expressive brown eyes, mesmerizing against the man’s rich olive skin.
–Gregor Tierney.
/EXCERPT
Title: Paradigm Shift
Author: Harper Kingsley
Genre: mm science fiction
Rating: mature
Status: WIP
Notes: This is a State Rule story. There are Judges, Law Officers, and zombies.
Warnings: genetic modification capability of mpreg, mentions of forced breeding, fascist society, post-zombie apocalypse.
Summary: Gregor has been living as a Two for most of his life, but it’s a lie. He’s really a Third. And now he’s been found out and pulled into the lives of one of the great Families.
Paradigm Shift: Master Post – Link: http://harperkingsley.livejournal.com/73938.html.
Yay, finally we get some of Park’s view!
^_^ I’m writing this so Gregor has his own story, dealing with the changes in his body and what’s expected of him, and Park has *his* story with all the intrigue and head-butting involved with being a Magister and dealing with officials of the State.
It’s kind of fun because Gregor’s focused on his little corner of the world, while there’s all this political stuff happening in the background. Plus Park is a total bad ass 😀