Author: JayEz
Rating: explicit/nc-17
Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, slavery, torture, heat cycles, knotting, omega!Sherlock, alpha!John, bamf!John, revolution, civil war, unpleasant!Mycroft
Warnings: dubious consent due to heat cycles, graphic depictions of violence
Word Count: 29,000 words
Summary: In a world where social status is determined by Alpha/Beta/omega dynamics and the American Revolution never succeeded, the British Empire is the biggest superpower. Omegas occupy the lowest step on the social ladder and are used as slaves and cheap workers. Betas can lead normal lives - though once convicted of a crime, they are stripped off their rights. Alphas hold the highest positions in government and the regime’s powerful military.
Alpha Mycroft Holmes is the most influential man in the Empire - and he will not let the fact that his brother was born an omega change that. Sherlock has been living as an Alpha his entire live. It doesn’t pose a problem - until a unit of the Reformist movement led by Captain John Watson kidnaps him and denies Sherlock his meds.
Beta:
Iriya Note: This is the product of me trying to study for a test in Social and Cultural Anthropology and a gift for
merlenhiver who was my cheerleader all the way to the end of part I.
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I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing this story!