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#and I know my taste well enough that the blurb or a trailer can tell me I won’t enjoy it
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I am once again baffled by peoples bad takes online
#just read someone say you have to watch the entire thing of smt or you can’t say if you liked it or not#‘you can’t just read 5 chapters of a book and then decide you don’t like the entire book’#uhhm yes I fucking can???#I’ve dropped a book at 100 pages out of 300 bc to even get that far I had to force myself to read it#so obviously I didn’t like it#and I know my taste well enough that the blurb or a trailer can tell me I won’t enjoy it#I’ve never watched a single episode of food wars but I’ve seen the food reactions they have and I know I would hate watching that#same dude was like ‘also you’re a clown if a bad art style in anime makes you not watch it’#like my dude it’s about animation??#I’m not turning down a show 100 p because of artsyle or animation but it does play quite a big factor#and yes if maybe if I continue and finish the last 40 episodes after having seen 15 I might fall I bc love#but if it takes that long for me to be invested I still don’t think it’s a good show#maybe there’s a small chance I’ll like this movie in a genre I normally find super boring#but I’d rather spend my time on smt we’re the odds are higher#I really enjoyed part of the sandman’s but the overall pacing wasn’t my taste and bc of that as a whole I don’t love it#so on that note I don’t think I’ll be watching op anime after finishing the live action#simply bc I know I won’t finish it and I don’t like animes that are that long#someone said oh you don’t have to finish it just watch what you enjoy okay but also I wanna know the end???#like I wanna know how the story ends but I don’t wanna spend 1000 episodes on it?? no thank you#me
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zwiezraczek · 4 years
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Do you take requests? If so could you write a fic of four x reader from fours point of view instead or readers? Maybe she just joined the team and it’s about first impressions. Maybe first impressions could also be the name of it? Idk idk I’m just trying to think here sorry!! 💙💙💙
First impressions [Request]
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Note: I'm SO SO SO sorry for making you wait for so long for this! I was really like in a bad mood for a longer moment and... Well, not the time and place to ramble haha ^^" Don't be sorry for proposing things, it's always good! I like hearing ideas about blurbs/requests it's always interesting! And I think the title is quite nice actually! ^^ I hope you'll like it 💙 Nonnie! 💕💕💕
PS: Guilty of being listening to 1D... Guilty
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You entered the room, and immediately you caught his attention. You absolutely weren't what he had expected when One had talked to all of them about a new member in their Ghosts Squad, moreover a nerdy one. He always had imagined nerdy girls to be clumsy, absolutely shy and quirky but you didn't match this description, at least not in his eyes.
First, when he saw you, you gave him the impression of being Eliott from Mr Robot. Nothing too charming in fact, as you had your brown bag across your shoulder which seemed heavy, and probably carried some informatics material, your gray hoodie hid your hair, and when you finally took it off Four could see you properly, and Five had to elbow him in order to not stay there like a moron, mouth agape as he looked at you being introduced by One.
“This is Eight,” One said while gesturing towards you still standing in the door frame. “She's our informatics genius, now Three you're free to be the hitman on your own again,” he joked as you put your bag on the floor and Three made a victorious expression.
“Nice to meet you all,” you casually said and Four had to shake his head before waving at you.
“I'm Four, parkour expert,” he said with a little smirk and you waved back at him.
“Four's the less shy of them all,” One said to you as you made your way to sit on the table in front of them.
“I'm not shy, I'm just patient,” Seven argued as he crossed his arms over his chest.
“Here you have Seven our sniper, Three the hitman, Two our lovely mole, Five our doctor and... Me, the One and only. And that's all I guess, we're all here.”
“... And Six,” you asked, a bit perplex.
“He's gone,” Four replied, a bit bitterly.
When he first talked about it to an unknown person, Seven, he felt casually detached from it. Six was a number, nobody else, no more, he was just a casualty in the war they had. But the more he told Seven about Six, the more he felt the pain of losing him, especially now when they had no big mission to fill the void in his mind and heart. But he never told anyone, besides Seven and Five – Five insisted, and Five told him that as a doctor she was obliged to help him mentally, and as a friend she wanted him to fell the best he could. He tried to cope, but coping with death wasn't as easy as he thought it would be.
“Oh, sorry,” you said quietly with a sad expression, “I didn't mean to...”
“It's alright, we're good,” Four quickly said, with a smile on his face, hiding the remains of pain in his heart. “So, you're the genius One keeps bragging about? Can't wait to see you inaction.”
And indeed, he couldn't wait.
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“Four, can I come in,” you asked as you knocked on his trailer door.
He looked at you, and nodded before you entered his trailer and sat on his couch. This was right after your first mission together, and as you stayed in the van protected by Three the driver, Four was navigating through the place with your help in his ear. This was the most thrilling mission he had after a long moment. He felt like a true ninja, knowing where to go or not, where the bad guys were and how he had to avoid them. All of that, thanks to you.
“What a mission,” you finally said after looking at him with a bright smile.
“The greatest since ages,” he commented while looking at you. The greatest thanks to you, he thought.
“That was just insane, how I managed to break in and how I made you walk through these places... I felt like in a video game, except my character had will and was actually alive.”
“Wow, never thought I would be compared to a game character, I'll remember that,” he said jokingly and you rolled your eyes.
“Oh come on, I didn't mean that... You're so touchy I swear to god,” you complained as you crossed your legs and he laughed everything off. “But seriously, I was quite impressed by your abilities! Like, holly shit, I knew that you are a parkour expert, but I didn't expect... That!”
“That,” he repeated, arching an eyebrow. He couldn't tell if what you said was positive or negative, and it bugged him a lot.
“Don't make me compliment you more than I already did,” you warned him and he felt relieved. His shoulders were less tense, and his smile widened. He could have swore that you blushed, but he might have imagined it all as well.
“So... What did you wanted exactly?” he dared to ask and you immediately seemed fidgety.
“Well... I... Just wanted to hang out? Like you, know, in a friendly way? It was my first mission and I'm high on adrenaline right now, and holly shit I just wanted to babble about this with somebody because that was insane! Two was insane, what Three did with that car? Insane. Five's cold blood? Godamnit, she's a badass. And Seven? Wow. Not to mention you again, like that was perfection perfectly executed!”
“Perfection,” he repeated and now you blushed, definitely, he was sure of that.
“... Like in Perfect, the song, you know,” you seemed to try to make your way out of this by some obscure reference, at least it seemed an obscure reference to him, but he couldn't think too much about it before you continued. “So, I was saying, that this mission was actually batshit! Can you imagine...”
Yes he absolutely and definitely could. And now, he had to find the Perfect song.
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He knew that what he was doing was dumb, but he wanted to try. He knew that putting this note in front of your trailer might have been an error – especially if someone had noticed it and would come instead of you – but he wanted to try. Because you told him that you always wanted a little secret rendez-vous with someone, at least it was what he got from the song. That was pretty smart and smooth, and he hoped that he had guessed it right. He knew that he probably wasn't perfect, but at least he wanted to try to be the best he could.
He put all his efforts into preparing this picnic, with Seven's help, at night with candlelight right under the stars. And as he was sitting on the blanket, he heard footsteps in the colddesert night and he turned around. And you stood there, wearing that same sweatshirt he first saw you in, trying to heat yourself up with your hand rubbing your arms as you smiled at him.
“So you're trying to freeze me,” you asked with a little smirk as you sat next to him.
“Oh come on, Eight,” he whispered jokingly as he put a blanket over your shoulders, “I would never.”
“What a liar,” you stated as you wrapped yourself in the said blanket. “So, whose death are we celebrating?”
“You think so poorly of me,” he said, faking a disappointment and offense. “Can not a Four invite an Eight to a secret little rendez-vous?”
“So this is what it is,” you said teasingly as you looked at him.
He had guessed the song well. He blushed. He could feel his cheeks burning. Seven had warned him, but he had refused to listen to him, although he knew you were cheeky and playful. He tried to collect himself, unsuccessfully. But you were probably quicker than he would have been, wrapping one arm around him with the blanket. He was already feeling hot, but now he was just burning under that blanket and being touched by you.
“I can't let my date die from the cold then,” you said with a little smirk before you put your head on his shoulder and immediately his heart began to race. “So, what have you planned for our little getaway? Music? Vine? Stargazing? I love stargazing,” you said excited.
“Will stargazing and beer be enough,” he asked, daring to put his arm around you under that blanket. In the darkness, everything seemed easier, especially while he saw your eyes glowing as you looked up at him, taking your head away from his shoulder.
“I'm absolutely all for this.”
He froze for a moment, detailing your glistening eyes in the moonlight, under the sky full of stars. You smiled, you had the most radiant smile he had seen in ages and he knew. He knew that he wanted to taste these pink tinted lips of yours, the he wanted to run his fingers through your hair. He knew it all.
“Oh please, kiss me already,” you said after him looking at you for that long.
And he didn't know what had happened at that very moment, but he dared. And he kissed you, he tasted your pretty lips. And he felt heaven, under the stars. Because his first impression was the right one: you were the one.
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Can a whistleblower find a new future with a wolf while being chased by a corrupt cop and the Serbian mob?
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Richard Kerrigan is on the verge of losing hope. Fired from his job for blowing the whistle on a defect that would harm service members if used as designed, he is now blacklisted in the Chicago area. A local Serbian mobster wants Richard and won’t take no for an answer.
Garou Industries, the loup garou privately owned company, has been searching for Richard to offer him a position in the company as they value having someone with his integrity on staff. Richard relocates to Manhattan to begin his new job and stays with Julien Bellaire, his mentor, who is also Richard’s Mate.
Before they can settle in, the Serbian mobster turns up dead and a corrupt cop who secretly works for the Serbians comes to New York with trumped up charges to pin the murder on Julio. With over eighty witnesses to Julio being on an airplane at the time of the murder, the cop abandons trying to frame Richard and instead plots to murder him. The loup garou request assistance from the Italian mob to protect Richard which comes with some interesting consequences.
Series: Werewolves of Manhattan
Book: 7
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Publisher: MLR Press
Categories: Contemporary/ Fantasy/ Paranormal /Shifter
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Chapter One
Wednesday, Second Week in June
Present Day
Red Oaks
It was Richard’s night off from the bar. He had taken his computer to Kinko’s to print out additional resumes. He got off the bus at his stop and walked the two blocks to his studio. A well-dressed man stepped out of a limousine and spoke to him as he began to enter the building. “Are you Richard Kerrigan?”
“Yes, I’m Richard Kerrigan, but I want nothing to do with Mr. Kasun, so please leave me alone.”
The man blew out a breath. “I don’t know a Mr. Kasun. I represent Mr. Etienne Daurensbourg, who has recently married Mr. Julio Reyes. I am Gilbert Renaud. My employer asked me to find you as a wedding present for his husband.”
“Julio? I haven’t heard his name in ten years. Is he okay?” Astonished, Richard’s jaw dropped open.
“Mr. Reyes will only be in town until tomorrow morning. If you come with me, you can see him for yourself. I will arrange for your transportation home after the visit.”
“I thought you worked for Davilor Kasun, but Kasun wouldn’t know about Julio.” Mr. Renaud opened the door of the limousine. Richard hesitated, but after a few minutes got into the backseat. He missed Julio, even after all these years. He was the only friend Richard ever had that didn’t have an agenda.
After thirty minutes, the limo rounded the circular driveway of a house that had to be over thirty thousand square feet. Gilbert stopped the limo at the entrance. There were cars parked everywhere.
“Eh…Gilbert, where are we?”
“This is Mr. Daurensbourg’s home in Highland Park. I am one of his assistants. If you follow me, I’ll bring Julio to you.” Mr. Renaud brought Richard to what seemed like a breakfast room and asked him to sit and wait. Richard scanned the room. Strangely, he smelled peaches. There must be a bowl of the ripe fruit on the kitchen counter.
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Gilbert signaled Etienne. What are those two up to? Julio wondered.
Etienne nodded and turned to Julio. “I have another wedding present for you.” He wore a secretive, pleased smile.
Julio scolded, “You shouldn’t have bought me anything else. I have everything I need, right here.” He hugged his husband. Etienne motioned Gilbert forward.
Gilbert approached him smiling. “Alpha Mate, we found Richard Kerrigan. He’s waiting for you in the breakfast room.”
Julio broke out into a huge smile. “Thank you Etienne, Gilbert, I can’t believe you did this for me! Come with me and I’ll introduce you to Richard; besides, I couldn’t find my way in this barn anyway.”
Etienne laughed and put his arm around Julio’s shoulders, and they made their way to the breakfast room.
Julio gasped. Richard’s head was visible from the entrance to the room. His red hair had turned to a darker auburn. It called him like a beacon. Julio stopped and frowned. He knew that posture from when they were kids. Something was very wrong in Richard’s world. He sent a message to his Mate: Richard is in some kind of trouble. I recognize those lines on his forehead.
Maybe we can help, Etienne offered.
Julio flashed his Mate a brilliant smile. Maybe we can. He held out his hand.
“Richard, by the gods, I thought I’d never see you again,” Julio greeted his old friend.
Richard stood, ran to Julio and gave him a hug. Etienne emitted a low growl, and Julio sent him a terse message over the Mate link. Don’t be stupid. I told you we were childhood friends. It would be like screwing my brother.
Etienne backed down gracefully by holding his hand out to Richard. “I’m Etienne Daurensbourg, Julio’s husband.”
Richard glanced around the room then back at Etienne, smiling. “Julio, with your determination, I always knew you’d do well.”
He cocked his head. “Until recently, not as well as you think, but tell me about you. Why are you still in Chicago? I would have thought that Silicon Valley called your name years ago. Sit down with us so we can talk. Gilbert, do we have any Coke?”
“Most certainly. I’ll bring you two cold cans right away. Etienne, would you like a beer?”
“I’m sorry, Richard. Would you like a beer instead?” Julio asked.
“No, I still don’t like the taste. Remember that day when we were thirteen, and we stole the six pack from your father’s garage refrigerator and proceeded to get wasted? I was so sick. I haven’t touched a beer since.” Richard grinned then became earnest. “It’s so good to see you. My parents called Social Services and tried to find you, but they wouldn’t tell us where you were because we weren’t relatives. Mom and Dad offered to foster you, but the state said they weren’t qualified, and they couldn’t have you anyway since we were moving out of state. I must have sent you more than two dozen letters the first two years, but when you didn’t reply, I thought you didn’t want to hear from me.”
“I wanted to see you. Social Services wouldn’t let me contact anyone since I was a minor and a ward of the state. They put me in a group home because I was gay and then promptly forgot about me.” Julio sniffed.
“We wouldn’t have abandoned you. We couldn’t find you.” Richard’s brow furrowed. “What happened to you?” he asked.
“Nothing good. That’s a long story better left for another time. It’s nice to know that your family attempted to help. What about you? Did you ever get into MIT?”
“Yes, and I graduated summa cum laude, first in my class.” Richard’s eyes misted. “I received many job offers, one I especially wanted to take, but Dad died of a heart attack in my junior year in college. Just after that, Mom developed breast cancer, so I accepted a job with Switched Power Designs in Chicago.”
“Isn’t that the company that was in the news for defective power supplies for the Cougar II?” One of Etienne’s eyebrows arched.
“Yes, it was. The power supply was my design.” Richard clenched his fist, and his eyes narrowed. “It wasn’t designed that way. I specified Charter components with a high heat tolerance. When it went into production, the production manager decided to use Minster components instead. I tested the design with Minster components because they were an approved vendor, but it ran too hot. I wrote several reports describing the problem and complained all the way up to the president of the company. When I saw they wouldn’t budge, I went to my congressman. It cost me my job. I could have sued, but I didn’t have the money because I spent my savings on a decent hospice for Mom.”
“Were you able to get a job somewhere else?” Etienne asked.
Richard shook his head. “Switched Power said I was fired for insubordination and poor performance. They blamed me for the Cougar fiasco and gave me a poor reference, even though I had signed documentation saying that changing out the components made the design faulty and downright dangerous.”
Etienne’s fist came down on the table. “Many of our people serve. It’s bad enough there is the danger of explosion from an enemy planted IED, but to have your vehicle catch fire because of a defective part is untenable. Especially if the manufacturer knew about the issue beforehand and refused to fix it.”
Richard hung his head. “They blamed me and therefore I’m toxic. Now I work as a clerk at a small grocery store, and I bartend at night. The two jobs pay my college loans, my rent, and my phone, but they don’t leave me with money for much else.” He took a deep breath and blew it out in exasperation. “I know I did the right thing, but I’m paying for it.”
Gilbert returned with the sodas for Julio and Richard and a beer for Etienne. Alpha, he had his computer and a folder with him when I picked him up. Maybe the folder contained resumes. Garou could…
“But enough of my sad story. I’m still sending out resumes, although I know what happens as soon as they check my work history.” Richard shrugged. “Even though I was fired, I’m glad I did what I did. They said a failure rate of a little more than five percent was acceptable. To me it meant five out of every hundred vehicles would catch fire and immolate the troops using it for transport. That wasn’t right, and I couldn’t let it stand. It was my design.”
“You have proof of this?” Etienne asked, jaw clenched.
“Yes, on my computer I have time-stamped emails and reports that I sent to management. I also have the specs for the original design with an explanation of why I didn’t use our preferred vendor, Minster, and specified Charter instead.”
Etienne’s lips thinned. “They’re not supposed to be able to fire a whistleblower.”
“No, they’re not but there was nothing I could do to stop them.
Julio gazed up at his Mate with firm purpose. “Etienne, Garou has divisions that use engineers…Maybe we could…”
“Garou?” Richard asked, his eyes growing big. “Garou is the top employer in North America for engineers, known for treating their employees with respect, and providing excellent compensation.”
Julio grabbed Richard’s hand. “Most of the people here today are on the board of Garou Industries. Do you have a resume with you?”
“I have thirty copies. I just came back from Kinko’s when Mr. Renaud caught me on the stoop. Do you think they’d read it?”
“I can guarantee it.” Julio peered over Richard’s head at Etienne and let go of his friend’s hand.
“Of course, we’ll read your resume, if only because you’re a friend of Julio’s and our family loves him.” Etienne kissed the top of Julio’s head.
Richard’s hands were shaking. “I have them here in my satchel.” After he sat down, he opened his bag, carefully removed his computer and pulled out the folders that contained his resumes. He handed one to Etienne, along with copies of personal letters of recommendation from his professors. He also retrieved both the reports he’d sent to management and the sheets containing the test results with the Minster and Charter components.
Etienne read the documents.
“For what I want to do, I should have a master’s. I wanted to continue on to get it, but Mom was sick, so I had to make some money to keep her comfortable for her last few months.”
“Gilbert, please go upstairs and bring Armand, Julien, and Henri down to meet Richard.”
“Please, Mr. Daurensbourg, I didn’t come to tell my story, I came to find out how Julio was doing.”
“First, call me Etienne. You’re Julio’s friend. Of course, I’ll help, if I can. To be honest, Garou searched for you after the congressional hearings. We want to hire engineers of your expertise and integrity. At Garou, you would have been promoted for doing what you did.”
Julio grinned at the flabbergasted expression on Richard’s face.
Armand came down the stairs, followed by Henri and then Julien.
Etienne swept out his arm as he made the introductions. “Armand La Marche, Julien Bellaire and Henri Giraud, this is Richard Kerrigan, the young man who exposed the power supply fiasco at Switched Power Designs. He and Julio grew up together before Julio’s parents drowned.”
Richard stood to meet Julio’s friends.
Julio took over. “Richard, Armand is the Chief Executive Officer of Garou Industries, Henri is the Director of Security, and Julien is the Director of Production and Quality Assurance.”
Armand walked over to shake his hand, followed by Henri and then Julien. When Julien’s hand touched Richard’s, a spark flickered between them. Julien’s jaw dropped. Richard jumped back. Julio broke out in a huge grin.
Henri excused himself. “I’ll bring the others down,” he said sadly and went back up the stairs to get the other members of the board.
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It’s Saturday at noon. What is your character doing? Give details. If they’re eating breakfast, what exactly do they eat? If they’re stretching out in the backyard to sun, what kind of blanket or towel does they lie on? Richard lives in a furnished apartment. His linens are his own and are of decent quality. They are almost the only things in the apartment that are. What is one strong memory that has stuck with your character from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting? The day he left his friend Julio sitting and waiting on his step for his parents. Your character is getting ready for a night out. Where will they be going? What do they wear? Who will they be with? Richard has two jobs. He doesn’t do night’s out. At night he bartends at a dive bar near his apartment.
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Wolf Whistle by A.C.Katt Blog Tour
Can a whistleblower find a new future with a wolf while being chased by a corrupt cop and the Serbian mob?
Blurb
Richard Kerrigan is on the verge of losing hope. Fired from his job for blowing the whistle on a defect that would harm service members if used as designed, he is now blacklisted in the Chicago area. A local Serbian mobster wants Richard and won’t take no for an answer.
Garou Industries, the loup garou privately owned company, has been searching for Richard to offer him a position in the company as they value having someone with his integrity on staff. Richard relocates to Manhattan to begin his new job and stays with Julien Bellaire, his mentor, who is also Richard’s Mate.
Before they can settle in, the Serbian mobster turns up dead and a corrupt cop who secretly works for the Serbians comes to New York with trumped up charges to pin the murder on Julio. With over eighty witnesses to Julio being on an airplane at the time of the murder, the cop abandons trying to frame Richard and instead plots to murder him. The loup garou request assistance from the Italian mob to protect Richard which comes with some interesting consequences.
Series: Werewolves of Manhattan
Book: 7
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Publisher: MLR Press
Categories: Contemporary/ Fantasy/ Paranormal /Shifter
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Excerpt
Chapter One
Wednesday, Second Week in June
Present Day
Red Oaks
It was Richard’s night off from the bar. He had taken his computer to Kinko’s to print out additional resumes. He got off the bus at his stop and walked the two blocks to his studio. A well-dressed man stepped out of a limousine and spoke to him as he began to enter the building. “Are you Richard Kerrigan?”
“Yes, I’m Richard Kerrigan, but I want nothing to do with Mr. Kasun, so please leave me alone.”
The man blew out a breath. “I don’t know a Mr. Kasun. I represent Mr. Etienne Daurensbourg, who has recently married Mr. Julio Reyes. I am Gilbert Renaud. My employer asked me to find you as a wedding present for his husband.”
“Julio? I haven’t heard his name in ten years. Is he okay?” Astonished, Richard’s jaw dropped open.
“Mr. Reyes will only be in town until tomorrow morning. If you come with me, you can see him for yourself. I will arrange for your transportation home after the visit.”
“I thought you worked for Davilor Kasun, but Kasun wouldn’t know about Julio.” Mr. Renaud opened the door of the limousine. Richard hesitated, but after a few minutes got into the backseat. He missed Julio, even after all these years. He was the only friend Richard ever had that didn’t have an agenda.
After thirty minutes, the limo rounded the circular driveway of a house that had to be over thirty thousand square feet. Gilbert stopped the limo at the entrance. There were cars parked everywhere.
“Eh…Gilbert, where are we?”
“This is Mr. Daurensbourg’s home in Highland Park. I am one of his assistants. If you follow me, I’ll bring Julio to you.” Mr. Renaud brought Richard to what seemed like a breakfast room and asked him to sit and wait. Richard scanned the room. Strangely, he smelled peaches. There must be a bowl of the ripe fruit on the kitchen counter.
***
Gilbert signaled Etienne. What are those two up to? Julio wondered.
Etienne nodded and turned to Julio. “I have another wedding present for you.” He wore a secretive, pleased smile.
Julio scolded, “You shouldn’t have bought me anything else. I have everything I need, right here.” He hugged his husband. Etienne motioned Gilbert forward.
Gilbert approached him smiling. “Alpha Mate, we found Richard Kerrigan. He’s waiting for you in the breakfast room.”
Julio broke out into a huge smile. “Thank you Etienne, Gilbert, I can’t believe you did this for me! Come with me and I’ll introduce you to Richard; besides, I couldn’t find my way in this barn anyway.”
Etienne laughed and put his arm around Julio’s shoulders, and they made their way to the breakfast room.
Julio gasped. Richard’s head was visible from the entrance to the room. His red hair had turned to a darker auburn. It called him like a beacon. Julio stopped and frowned. He knew that posture from when they were kids. Something was very wrong in Richard’s world. He sent a message to his Mate: Richard is in some kind of trouble. I recognize those lines on his forehead.
Maybe we can help, Etienne offered.
Julio flashed his Mate a brilliant smile. Maybe we can. He held out his hand.
“Richard, by the gods, I thought I’d never see you again,” Julio greeted his old friend.
Richard stood, ran to Julio and gave him a hug. Etienne emitted a low growl, and Julio sent him a terse message over the Mate link. Don’t be stupid. I told you we were childhood friends. It would be like screwing my brother.
Etienne backed down gracefully by holding his hand out to Richard. “I’m Etienne Daurensbourg, Julio’s husband.”
Richard glanced around the room then back at Etienne, smiling. “Julio, with your determination, I always knew you’d do well.”
He cocked his head. “Until recently, not as well as you think, but tell me about you. Why are you still in Chicago? I would have thought that Silicon Valley called your name years ago. Sit down with us so we can talk. Gilbert, do we have any Coke?”
“Most certainly. I’ll bring you two cold cans right away. Etienne, would you like a beer?”
“I’m sorry, Richard. Would you like a beer instead?” Julio asked.
“No, I still don’t like the taste. Remember that day when we were thirteen, and we stole the six pack from your father’s garage refrigerator and proceeded to get wasted? I was so sick. I haven’t touched a beer since.” Richard grinned then became earnest. “It’s so good to see you. My parents called Social Services and tried to find you, but they wouldn’t tell us where you were because we weren’t relatives. Mom and Dad offered to foster you, but the state said they weren’t qualified, and they couldn’t have you anyway since we were moving out of state. I must have sent you more than two dozen letters the first two years, but when you didn’t reply, I thought you didn’t want to hear from me.”
“I wanted to see you. Social Services wouldn’t let me contact anyone since I was a minor and a ward of the state. They put me in a group home because I was gay and then promptly forgot about me.” Julio sniffed.
“We wouldn’t have abandoned you. We couldn’t find you.” Richard’s brow furrowed. “What happened to you?” he asked.
“Nothing good. That’s a long story better left for another time. It’s nice to know that your family attempted to help. What about you? Did you ever get into MIT?”
“Yes, and I graduated summa cum laude, first in my class.” Richard’s eyes misted. “I received many job offers, one I especially wanted to take, but Dad died of a heart attack in my junior year in college. Just after that, Mom developed breast cancer, so I accepted a job with Switched Power Designs in Chicago.”
“Isn’t that the company that was in the news for defective power supplies for the Cougar II?” One of Etienne’s eyebrows arched.
“Yes, it was. The power supply was my design.” Richard clenched his fist, and his eyes narrowed. “It wasn’t designed that way. I specified Charter components with a high heat tolerance. When it went into production, the production manager decided to use Minster components instead. I tested the design with Minster components because they were an approved vendor, but it ran too hot. I wrote several reports describing the problem and complained all the way up to the president of the company. When I saw they wouldn’t budge, I went to my congressman. It cost me my job. I could have sued, but I didn’t have the money because I spent my savings on a decent hospice for Mom.”
“Were you able to get a job somewhere else?” Etienne asked.
Richard shook his head. “Switched Power said I was fired for insubordination and poor performance. They blamed me for the Cougar fiasco and gave me a poor reference, even though I had signed documentation saying that changing out the components made the design faulty and downright dangerous.”
Etienne’s fist came down on the table. “Many of our people serve. It’s bad enough there is the danger of explosion from an enemy planted IED, but to have your vehicle catch fire because of a defective part is untenable. Especially if the manufacturer knew about the issue beforehand and refused to fix it.”
Richard hung his head. “They blamed me and therefore I’m toxic. Now I work as a clerk at a small grocery store, and I bartend at night. The two jobs pay my college loans, my rent, and my phone, but they don’t leave me with money for much else.” He took a deep breath and blew it out in exasperation. “I know I did the right thing, but I’m paying for it.”
Gilbert returned with the sodas for Julio and Richard and a beer for Etienne. Alpha, he had his computer and a folder with him when I picked him up. Maybe the folder contained resumes. Garou could…
“But enough of my sad story. I’m still sending out resumes, although I know what happens as soon as they check my work history.” Richard shrugged. “Even though I was fired, I’m glad I did what I did. They said a failure rate of a little more than five percent was acceptable. To me it meant five out of every hundred vehicles would catch fire and immolate the troops using it for transport. That wasn’t right, and I couldn’t let it stand. It was my design.”
“You have proof of this?” Etienne asked, jaw clenched.
“Yes, on my computer I have time-stamped emails and reports that I sent to management. I also have the specs for the original design with an explanation of why I didn’t use our preferred vendor, Minster, and specified Charter instead.”
Etienne’s lips thinned. “They’re not supposed to be able to fire a whistleblower.”
“No, they’re not but there was nothing I could do to stop them.
Julio gazed up at his Mate with firm purpose. “Etienne, Garou has divisions that use engineers…Maybe we could…”
“Garou?” Richard asked, his eyes growing big. “Garou is the top employer in North America for engineers, known for treating their employees with respect, and providing excellent compensation.”
Julio grabbed Richard’s hand. “Most of the people here today are on the board of Garou Industries. Do you have a resume with you?”
“I have thirty copies. I just came back from Kinko’s when Mr. Renaud caught me on the stoop. Do you think they’d read it?”
“I can guarantee it.” Julio peered over Richard’s head at Etienne and let go of his friend’s hand.
“Of course, we’ll read your resume, if only because you’re a friend of Julio’s and our family loves him.” Etienne kissed the top of Julio’s head.
Richard’s hands were shaking. “I have them here in my satchel.” After he sat down, he opened his bag, carefully removed his computer and pulled out the folders that contained his resumes. He handed one to Etienne, along with copies of personal letters of recommendation from his professors. He also retrieved both the reports he’d sent to management and the sheets containing the test results with the Minster and Charter components.
Etienne read the documents.
“For what I want to do, I should have a master’s. I wanted to continue on to get it, but Mom was sick, so I had to make some money to keep her comfortable for her last few months.”
“Gilbert, please go upstairs and bring Armand, Julien, and Henri down to meet Richard.”
“Please, Mr. Daurensbourg, I didn’t come to tell my story, I came to find out how Julio was doing.”
“First, call me Etienne. You’re Julio’s friend. Of course, I’ll help, if I can. To be honest, Garou searched for you after the congressional hearings. We want to hire engineers of your expertise and integrity. At Garou, you would have been promoted for doing what you did.”
Julio grinned at the flabbergasted expression on Richard’s face.
Armand came down the stairs, followed by Henri and then Julien.
Etienne swept out his arm as he made the introductions. “Armand La Marche, Julien Bellaire and Henri Giraud, this is Richard Kerrigan, the young man who exposed the power supply fiasco at Switched Power Designs. He and Julio grew up together before Julio’s parents drowned.”
Richard stood to meet Julio’s friends.
Julio took over. “Richard, Armand is the Chief Executive Officer of Garou Industries, Henri is the Director of Security, and Julien is the Director of Production and Quality Assurance.”
Armand walked over to shake his hand, followed by Henri and then Julien. When Julien’s hand touched Richard’s, a spark flickered between them. Julien’s jaw dropped. Richard jumped back. Julio broke out in a huge grin.
Henri excused himself. “I’ll bring the others down,” he said sadly and went back up the stairs to get the other members of the board.
  Fun & In-Depth Character Questions
It’s Saturday at noon. What is your character doing? Give details. If they’re eating breakfast, what exactly do they eat? If they’re stretching out in the backyard to sun, what kind of blanket or towel does they lie on? Richard lives in a furnished apartment. His linens are his own and are of decent quality. They are almost the only things in the apartment that are. What is one strong memory that has stuck with your character from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting? The day he left his friend Julio sitting and waiting on his step for his parents. Your character is getting ready for a night out. Where will they be going? What do they wear? Who will they be with? Richard has two jobs. He doesn’t do night’s out. At night he bartends at a dive bar near his apartment.
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✨Meet the Author
AC Katt didn’t discover her muse until she was older. She loves to write and now writes constantly. She just moved from New Mexico back to New Jersey with her husband and her naughty cat Bandit, who lives up to his name.
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