The Union

by Leah Vernon

I was a threat to them. All Impures were. We were too close to the Elites, the purest of blood, the ruling class above the Upper Residents, and they couldn’t have that.

The great ancestor of General Jore led the Revolt at the end of the thirtieth century. Taking out the billionaires. The capitalists. The high-powered and the unattainable Europes that held ninety-seven percent of the wealth. They were never going to let it go, never planned on sharing the wealth, as they say, so they had to be exterminated. Sometimes, you have to be just as treacherous, even more so to win the game.”