Champion of Zenina (The Zeninan Saga Book 3) by Giselle Marks

Author:Giselle Marks [Marks, Giselle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-three – Pursuit

Riyal arrived ten days after Marina in Bellatrix. The new engines in his craft were now run in and their speed would improve. When he reached Bellatrude he found she had left that city. He sought to follow her, but the city of New Vendenor where she had gone was quarantined. Riyal kicked his heels in Bellatrude waiting for the quarantine to be lifted. After a few days he met up with some other travellers in the same situation. When he finally set off for New Vendenor two weeks later, he was in company with more than twenty others. He left his crew in Bellatrude.

Most of the group were Bellatrese, but there were a few from other planets. A couple of Zigan businessmen who wished to trade with the cloth factories based in New Vendenor. Riyal was not interested in them, but the beautiful girl whose accent placed her somewhere in the Markaban Union would certainly have livened up the wait in Bellatrude, if she had been willing. He regretted the young woman was both uncooperative and uncommunicative. Her determined rejection of both his body and his company discouraged further entreaties.

He was very curious about her but she kept her person and her thoughts to herself. She wasn’t a telepath but he noticed she was aware when he attempted to discover her thoughts. He was not sure if it was conscious or not, but it made him wonder if she had been in Zenina. His curiosity got the better of him and he asked her if she had ever been to Zenina. She gave him a flat negative but he caught the flash of a lie at the edges of her mind and did not pursue the matter further.

At New Vendenor, Riyal enquired where he would find Princess Marina. He was directed to the hospital. At the hospital he found Chilka just preparing to leave. She said Marina had just left to go to the home of Mr J.Q. Atwelly and she advised him not to disturb her until the next day. Riyal accepted Chilka’s suggestion and booked into a local hotel. Chilka had supper with him and they retired early to his room together.

Ondiella was not so easily put off. It had taken so long to get close to Marina, she wasn’t going to let her get away. She booked in at the same hotel as Riyal, and asked the doorman if he knew where she could find the Princess Marina.

“You want to see the Princess, tonight?”

“Yes, do you know where I can find her?”

“She’ll be at Atwelly’s party tonight.”

“Is that far?”

“Atwelly’s house is about two kilometres away. It’s a big flash looking place with brass gates. They say he’s got a whole orchard growing in a sun room there. He doesn’t have to make do with reconstituted fruit. That’s the rich for you; they can have anything they want. A pretty girl like you shouldn’t have any trouble getting in. Half the men in the bar now would take you with them if you smiled nicely.

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