Greensleeves
Summary: In a time when the new and old world are fighting for control, a young man finds himself torn between what he should do and what he wants to do.
Author's Note: I was watching Danielle Steele's "Star" last night on Lifetime Movie Network, and the lead female character was singing "Greensleeves." It got the song stuck in my head, and the plot bunnies ran with it to create this story.
Disclaimer: Anything unrecognizable is mine. Anything you recognize doesn't belong to me. It could belong to many a people, but definitely not to me.
A new century, a new life for many people. A chance to start again. Unless you were among the affluent class of America, in which case it was your chance to shine. You were in control of the technology sweeping the country; a chance to get even richer in this new America.
Tristan Dugrey was the son of one such man. His family went back to the time of the plantations in Virginia, old money if ever there was such a term. It had been his great-grandfather, Cade Dugrey, that had foreseen the possibility of a Great War that would ravage America, and he chose to move his family from Virginia further North and establish a steel mill. He also chose the use his money to support the Northern war effort. Although Cade was a Southerner through and through, he saw times were changing and the only way to stay prosperous was to stay with the side that would win. Cade's son, Janlan, took the business and grew it steadily. During the Reconstruction effort, Dugrey Steel grew to be one of the largest steel mills in the country. Janlan is now retired, and the business is in the hands of his son, Michael. Michael saw the advent of the Industrial Revolution from a mile away, and he knew Dugrey Steel would become even more valuable. And soon Michael will be handing the reigns over to his son, Tristan.