Though as more and more people are born into it, the pressure on constant expansion increases exponentially. That's where the Vixen come in. The Vixen...are the Emperor's personal fighting force. Only one exists for every 10,000 Derenese citizens. Trained from early childhood, less than 5% make it through to take their oath. Although many Vixen stay in the empire's capital city and around the Emperor himself, they play an instrumental role on the fringes of the territory.Terra was one such Vixen.. Only on Sundays, as we were presented to the masses, would he attend to us. At those times, no one would ever guess that he was less than the most perfect father in our home. Contrary to what one might believe, he was never one to strike us, my sister and I. Instead, he would use the very things that we held dear against us. One winter day, when I was quite young, I made the mistake of falling asleep during mass and embarrassing my father. Later that evening, I found my favorite doll ripped to. Obviously the girls wouldn't beinviting him to any sleepovers or mall makeover parties, and so far, theguys weren't quite ready to discuss the attributes of the various girlsin their school with him. He thanked his lucky stars for that, it wouldhave been quite embarrassing. Plus he had a VERY good idea of what allthe girls on the cheer squad, and a lot of others in the sophomore classlooked like naked. He wasn't about to share that with his new malebuddies, it would seem like betraying his. A little over a year ago, his former best friend turned super spy, Bryce Larkin sent him the only copy of the Intersect, a secret government technology used to house and analyze large quantities of encoded data, which downloaded into his brain. The Intersect changed everything for Chuck. As the human Intersect, he was now an important government asset, and had to be under constant surveillance from two government agents/handlers, the beautiful CIA agent Sarah Walker and the tough as nails, no.