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[052130A APR 13] [Honorverse] - Killing My Way To Clarity
Title: Killing My Way To Clarity (No Honor, No Shame)
Day/Theme: 5. No Honor, No Shame
Series: Honor Harrington Series - David Weber
Character/Pairing: Cathy Montaigne
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Post “Let's Dance” (HHA 5.3) - goes AU prior to -“On Basilisk Station” (HH1); part of the series Beowulf's Honor, Manticore's Shame. Contains references to in-canon atrocities (genetic slavery, abuse of genetic slaves)
Archived Elsewhere: http://archiveofourown.org/works/749080
“You asked me what the hell I was thinking … why should I have any shame left, Beth? You've let your Lords drive both myself and Commander Harrington out of your fucking Kingdom.”
Elizabeth stared at the message on the screen, disconcerted by the wild, flashing eyes of a women who once used to be a friend - and was now the spokeswoman for one of the galaxy's most feared terrorist organisations.
“So I decided to find out why they were so insistent about driving her out and when Jeremy X saw my evidence, he agreed they needed killing. And so what if we brought down your bloody government, Elizabeth. You were the one who wasn't careful enough about who you let be a member of it - every single one of those men we killed was complicit in the genetic slave trade. More than one of them had raped a slave to death, Elizabeth, and they sat in your House of Lords!”
Day/Theme: 5. No Honor, No Shame
Series: Honor Harrington Series - David Weber
Character/Pairing: Cathy Montaigne
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Post “Let's Dance” (HHA 5.3) - goes AU prior to -“On Basilisk Station” (HH1); part of the series Beowulf's Honor, Manticore's Shame. Contains references to in-canon atrocities (genetic slavery, abuse of genetic slaves)
Archived Elsewhere: http://archiveofourown.org/works/749080
“You asked me what the hell I was thinking … why should I have any shame left, Beth? You've let your Lords drive both myself and Commander Harrington out of your fucking Kingdom.”
Elizabeth stared at the message on the screen, disconcerted by the wild, flashing eyes of a women who once used to be a friend - and was now the spokeswoman for one of the galaxy's most feared terrorist organisations.
“So I decided to find out why they were so insistent about driving her out and when Jeremy X saw my evidence, he agreed they needed killing. And so what if we brought down your bloody government, Elizabeth. You were the one who wasn't careful enough about who you let be a member of it - every single one of those men we killed was complicit in the genetic slave trade. More than one of them had raped a slave to death, Elizabeth, and they sat in your House of Lords!”