Awakening (Harmony Book 2) by Margaret Ball

Author:Margaret Ball [Ball, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Galway Publishing
Published: 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Two mornings later, Devra’s appreciation of the outside air was sharpened by the fact that the fall rains had momentarily ceased, giving the streets of the city that clean, rain-washed smell. The clouds hadn’t parted, but somehow the day felt bright.

So did her prospects – if only this job interview worked out. What the Security official had wanted of her wasn’t anything wrong or bad or dangerous after all; she had simply to get the position of baker at this street address and report to Security any revolutionary activity that she observed.

“The proprietor and her assistant are Esilian,” the gray man had told her, “and we’re morally certain that the place is a hub of dissident activity and sabotage planning. But by the terms of our treaty with Esilia, any building or business owned by Esilians has the same protections as the embassy; it’s considered a part of Esilia and we have no jurisdiction.” He gave a long, world-weary sigh. “How the politicians expect us to carry out our duty to protect the country, while they handcuff us with ridiculous treaties like this, is beyond me.”

To facilitate her getting this job, all Security notices had been expunged from her record except for one brief note of suspicious behavior that had necessitated her leaving the school system. “They’ll want to know why you quit teaching,” Grigg pointed out, “and with people like this, a little hint of dissidence will likely be more of a recommendation than a drawback.” And after she’d finished working as an informant, the gray man had promised, her entire record would be cleared. They could even make the school take her back, if that was what she wanted.

Of course that was what she wanted… wasn’t it? Devra put the momentary uncertainty aside and concentrated on the good. She was clean, she had had a boring but restful three days in Security’s “private room,” the air smelled new and she was starting a new life. And there really hadn’t been anything to trouble her conscience in this assignment. All they wanted her to do was a citizen’s duty; to be alert to saboteurs and dissidents and help Security prevent more terrorism like that disastrous train crash.

Her steps slowed as she approached the address she’d been given. A plain painted board over the door announced the name of the place: The Green Cat. Two cats in silhouette – green, of course – faced each other from opposite ends of the sign.

The slightly bowed windows, the step up, the old-fashioned green door standing ajar were all familiar to her. It was the same place where she’d been humiliatingly unable to pay for her food, that night before she went to the shelter. The place where that Mikal had said he could be found. Her steps slowed even more. This place already had a baker.

Well, maybe they’d fired him. If all his experiments turned out like those muffins, he hadn’t been a very good baker.

She still felt oddly reluctant to go in.

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