Galactic Bandits 3 by Duke Campbell

Author:Duke Campbell [Campbell, Duke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-03T22:00:00+00:00

Calico sat at the bar, but didn’t drink. She just sat there, wiping tears from her eyes. Whatever had transpired with the call was more than Regan was able to fully comprehend. He admitted that he didn’t know the pressures a royal family member would have to deal with on a regular basis. He couldn’t imagine having a king as a father.

“Everything okay?” Regan asked.

“Yes,” Calico said, straightening her back and correcting her posture, as if nothing were wrong. “I just didn’t expect my father to continue to protect me after I ran away.”

“Yeah, well, you’re his daughter, and that will never change, regardless of how much he thinks you’ve screwed up.”

“Yeesh. Thanks.”

“I’m sure he’ll come to realize that despite your mistakes, you’ve also made some good decisions along the way. We just have to make him understand.”

“I’m sure he’ll help us, but first we must appease him.”

“And… what exactly is it that we need to do?” Regan wasn’t liking all the talk he heard about rituals and marriage.

“It’s just a show we have to put on,” Calico said with a dismissive head shake.

“Yeah, but… marriage?”

Calico laughed. “Nothing will change between us. Nothing will prevent us from continuing to do what we do. We just have to make this right for my father.”

She isn’t quite answering my question.

“Sure, I get that,” Regan said. “But what is the ritual?”

“It’s called the Rite of Hissock.” Calico kept her eyes on the bar counter. “It’s a formality that will take place with my father as a witness. He has to officially declare me an ‘honest’ woman.”

Regan started to press on with further questions, but Calico leaned over and kissed him.

“He’s a stickler for tradition,” she said. “It will all go smoothly. I’m sure of it. And after we make him happy, we can return to our mission.”

Regan didn’t like the idea of walking into her father’s kingdom without all the answers, but he had made it this far. And her father didn’t seem like a bad guy, just a stickler for tradition.

“Regan…” she started. “Just follow my lead. But know that I want to do this now for my father.”

“But, I thought—”

“I know. I know. But in protecting me this way, he has also protected my right to be a Queen.” Calico wiped a tear away from her eye. “He could have banished me when I ran. He could have banished me again when I mated with you. But he didn’t. Instead he lied to the Kingdom on my behalf. He still protects me, and though I disagree with the royal, wealthy, entitled lifestyle, maybe sometime down the line, when my father’s too old to rule, I could change things for the better as a queen.”

Regan wasn’t sure if it was a dumb question, but he had to ask, “Would that eventually make me a king?”

“No. You’re not a Pershan, and only Pershans can hold such positions in our kingdom. But Pershan genes are dominant—that is to say, when we breed with outside species, our children will still be pure Pershan.

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