ParaShift 2: 03 (Gregor Tierney/Dylan Park, mm, scifi, a/b/o, mpreg, State Rule) #HarperWCK
He’d enjoyed flirting with danger. Hanson had wanted to make it a life sentence.
And here Gregor was: Alone in a big bed after a night of stress and pleasure. The relief itself made him bone weary.
He had no plans to get out of bed. Not until he was good and ready.
The world can deal with itself, he thought. Today is for me alone.
Gregor thought of the things that made him peaceful or happy. He pushed away anything dreary or dark.
And with the relief of having found a comfortable position for his achy body, he fell back asleep. Someone would surely let him know if he was needed.
* * *
Dylan steepled his fingers under his chin and fought off a frown. “How did this happen?”
Second Prime Donella Miri shrugged, her armor creaking. “He was a very foolish boy. I don’t think he’ll ever be so young again.”
“What could he have been thinking?” Dylan wondered.
“Young, dumb, and far too trusting of someone outside the Family. The friend–Tiedo Rasmussen–was dragged out of the Longmarch River early this morning. He must have been killed right after the Acolytes got hold of him. The Figworth boy betrayed everything for nothing.”
Dylan sighed. “Micah Figworth is looking at some dark days ahead. There’s going to be an Inquisition. There has to be.”
Miri’s gaze dipped in momentary sympathy for the teenager.
There was no question that he’d betrayed the Duadenora Family. Even if he might not have realized the level of his betrayal when he gave confidential information, he’d still committed the act.
Lives had been lost. A rare Third had been risked along with the precious new life within.
Micah Figworth had threatened the future of the Duadenora Family. First for the life of an … Read the rest “ParaShift 2: 03 (Gregor Tierney/Dylan Park, mm, scifi, a/b/o, mpreg, State Rule) #HarperWCK”