Author's Note: This series is somewhat different to my usual storylines and is in response to a request from a reader. This series will explore the ethics of politics and personal gain and will have a number of darker themes than my usual stories.
This story is set in the fictional country of Nordland, a small island nation in the North Sea between the UK, Norway and Denmark.
This story is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and places described in this narrative are products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
All comments and feedback is welcome.
HF
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"Fuck!" Helga Svensdotter spat as she watched the television in her bedroom. That bastard, she thought. Bjorn Magnusson, the current Nordland Finance Minister, was on television talking about how the latest finance package would benefit all Nordlanders. Flanking him was his wife, Ingrid, and two daughters, Solveig and Linnea: the image of a perfect Nordic family. That will be another hundred thousand votes right there, she thought bitterly.
Bjorn was her main rival for the recently vacated role of Justice Minister in the Nordland government with the previous minister, Lars Willensen, having just announced his retirement due to health issues. Good riddance to the crotchety old bastard, Helga thought to herself. She'd never liked him at all. As one of the younger, up and coming politicians in Nordland, she was positioning herself to become a key member of the Nordland First party, the right-wing conservative party that had romped home in the recent elections to form government in the small Nordic Island nation.
Her current role in the new government, Assistant Foreign Minister, was just a stepping stone for Helga. Not content with leading trade delegations, Helga had her eyes on the top job one day and the role of Justice Minister was a key step on this path. Unfortunately, Bjorn too had dreams of being Prime Minister and also saw the Justice Ministry as an ideal path to this role. Axel Olsen, the Prime Minister, hadn't made a decision yet but Helga knew that both her and Bjorn were the leading contenders for the role. If only she could get him to withdraw from the race.
"What's the matter, Helga?" a voice asked from the bed. Lying languidly on the sheets of her marital bed was not her husband, but her chief of staff, Anders Karlsen. The tall, blonde-haired man was propped up against the headboard, watching his boss as she dried herself after her quick shower. Fucking his attractive boss was one of the many perks of the job, but listening to her continually moan on about Bjorn was starting to grow tiresome.
Anders admired her drive and tenacity to gain the top job in the country and, with an eye on the main chance, he'd hitched his cart to her horse, hoping to ride her coat tails to the top. Working for someone like Helga was both demanding and rewarding. An intense person, she was also quite attractive. Younger than most other politicians in the government at 42 years of age, Helga carried herself with a degree of athleticism and grace, no doubt a throwback to her time as a reporter for the right-wing tabloid, Nordland Daily, before entering politics.
With Helga drying herself with her towel, Anders was able to admire her body. She had auburn hair that fell in loose waves just past her shoulders, framing her angular face. Though not classically attractive, her face was certainly pretty enough to warrant a second look from most men. Her piercing blue-green eyes reflected her sharp intellect and determination to succeed in the cut-throat world of politics. His gaze travelled down her pale body towards her chest, and it fell onto her elegantly proportioned C-cup breasts. They had a subtle perkiness that was accentuated by the areolae that capped each mound, their soft pink hue contrasting with her rosy-pink nipples at the center of each disc.
His gaze continued down her body towards the junction of her thighs, an area of her body he knew well. Her pubic mound was covered with a delicate layer of neatly trimmed auburn curls and he knew from close, personal observation that her neatly tucked and concealed labia were delicate and symmetrical, with a gentle pink hue that contrasted beautifully against her fair skin. His cock twitched at the memory of those pink labial lips wrapped around his white shaft.
"That fucker, Bjorn...look at him with his perfect little family...I bet Axel is just drooling at how many more votes this will win the party..." Helga said with a scowl as she turned to look at her handsome chief of staff. He was a good fuck, she thought, better than her corporate CEO husband, Markus, who seemed to be more interested in spending time with his own personal assistant than with her. No matter, their marriage was just part of her public persona and as long as Markus dutifully trotted himself out to stand next to her when she was campaigning, she didn't care who he fucked.
Anders grinned. "Maybe...maybe not..." he said with a little chuckle. Her expression changed into a puzzled frown. "What do you mean?" she asked.
He gave her a little shrug. "Rumor has it that it's not the perfect little family they pretend it to be...something about using appearances for political gain..." he said. Helga allowed the subtle dig to slide and asked, "Is there something more there?"
"From what I've heard, there's trouble in paradise. His oldest daughter, Solveig, isn't the apple in her father's eye. Apparently, she hates his guts..." Anders told her. "Really?" Helga said turning to look at the television, this time focusing on Bjorn's oldest daughter. Now that Anders had mentioned it, the 20-year-old didn't look completely comfortable standing there next to her father. Helga, with an eye for detail, started to pick up on subtle clues.
Solveig's clothing was far more masculine than what her mother and younger sister were wearing, a pant suit instead of dresses. Her auburn hair had red highlights through it and her makeup looked a little more garish than the subdued palettes worn by her mother and sister. Helga turned to look back at Anders. "Lesbian?" she inquired.
Anders chuckled. "From what the staffers in Bjorn's office say, completely the opposite, apparently she loves the cock...she's also a bit of a party girl...her parents have had to collect her a few times when she's been passed out drunk or on drugs..."
Helga's expression took on a contemplative look. "Really? That's interesting...so how come she's up there on stage next to him?"
"She and Daddy might not see eye to eye on most things...she's a political science student at Nordland University so she's about as left as they come...but he gives her a big enough allowance so that she dresses up and appears on stage whenever he calls."
Helga tapped her chin for a moment with her finger. "That's all well and good...but she's still got a clean image, at least in the eyes of the public and that means votes for Bjorn..."
"What if she didn't have such a clean image?" Anders asked. Helga looked at his quizzically. "What do you mean?"