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duskpeterson

Title: The True Master (Master and Servant #2).
Author: Dusk Peterson.
Where to find me: Website, e-mail list, DW, AO3, Patreon, Goodreads.
Fandom: Original slash.
Setting: Fourteenth century, in the area that would become Baltimore. This was written back when I was doing quasi-medieval stories, but I later incorporated this particular tale into a definitely historicalfic series, so I'm going to call this story historicalfic. Ish.
Categories: Alternate universe / alternate history, liege-master & liegeman, master/slave, politics, ethical issues.
Series: Waterman, an award-winning speculative fiction series in an alternative version of the Chesapeake Bay region.
Length: Novella.
Status: Completed
Feedback: Yes, please.
Rating: M.
Warnings: Boilerplate warning for all my stories + my rating system.
Story summary:

In a society where the rank of master or slave defines every aspect of a person's being, what do you do when you're a master and you envy your slaves?

This question is debated by the men who have gathered for the quarterly meeting of the High Masters of the Dozen Landsteads. It seems an impossible dilemma; in the Dozen Landsteads, one's rank is determined at birth. A master or a slave who wishes to hold a different rank is considered shocking.

The masters sitting in that room, receiving the service of slaves, would be even more shocked if they realized how deeply this question will affect their nation's future. Only one man there could tell them, but he is not yet free to reveal his secret.

Ledwin growled, "I trust the slave is dead. The last thing our landstead needs are perverts wandering about causing trouble."

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