Death of the Gods by Rex Baron

Author:Rex Baron [Baron, Rex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lindau, Swiss-German border

Lexi walked the streets all afternoon, carrying her bag, feeling conspicuous under the suspicious eyes of the locals. They mindfully watched her, a stranger without the purposeful strides of one intent on a destination. She was vague and aimless in her wandering, a luxury condemned by the New Order as suspect and decadent.

She had sought refuge from the cold in the lobby of a large, impersonal, middle class hotel. Grateful for the comfort of a chair, even if only for a short time, she found herself under the steady, unsettling gaze of a uniformed officer. It became increasingly apparent that he was not looking for her as a fugitive, but had mistaken her for one of the local prostitutes who frequented the hotel dressed in their finest. He watched her for a quarter of an hour before crossing the wide Persian carpet to introduce himself. He invited her to his rooms for tea, an offer that her groaning stomach and nerves, crying out for the steadying influence of caffeine, urged her to accept. She pointed to her bag, explaining that she had a train to catch within the hour and graciously refused his offer.

“An hour is a long time,” the officer replied. “A lot can happen in an hour.”

Lexi studied his face. She judged him to be past forty, but he was trim and had a fleshiness to his face that made him appear far younger. He removed his peaked military hat to reveal a shock of dark blonde hair that was thick and meticulously groomed, giving the impression that he was someone of some importance with money to spend on such luxuries.

“I don’t know what you are suggesting,” Lexi replied coldly. “You stating the obvious about time gives me little indication of what you are implying.”

“Only that it might be pleasant to spend some of that time together… and have a chat,” he answered with a little smirk of a smile.

“I’m not a prostitute,” Lexi informed him in a seething whisper of contempt that made him laugh and clap his hands together in an odd reaction of delight.

“Oh, dearest lady… I have much loftier ambitions than that. Why, I can tell from your clothes alone that you are not a woman who must ply her trade in the lobby of a modest hotel, such as this. Judging by the brilliant color of your coat and hat, I would imagine you to be an actress… hardly one of the drab little sparrows that one would find on the street.”

Lexi decided that in spite of his directness and overbearing attentions, it might be better that she be seen speaking with a military man of some prominence rather than appear to be a solitary woman, waiting suspiciously in the lobby, as if she were killing time or passing herself off as a guest in order to not be turned out into the cold. He seemed pleasant enough, as he invited her for a drink or a coffee in the hotel bar.

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