Promises and Powers (A Cat Among Dragons Book 4) by Boykin Alma

Author:Boykin, Alma [Boykin, Alma]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Commanding Officer’s Office, 58th Regiment of Foot: Great Britain, Late July, 1983

It was a typical English morning: cool and damp. Brigadier General Jonathon “Johnny” Eastman sat in his office reviewing the xenology candidate’s application packet one more time, searching for what was setting his internal alarms to high alert. Despite all the positives, something about her papers seemed odd and he tried to sort out what it was.

She sounded almost too perfect, but her letter of recommendation came from the best source possible and the reference swore up and down that the woman was indeed all she claimed to be, although he wouldn’t explain why she had no telephone number and got her letters at a Post Bureau box. “She’s just eccentric. Should fit in well,” he’d said. After some quiet investigation, Eastman had arranged for her to come and interview and on the basis of her reference’s recommendation, had opted to bypass the first step of meeting the candidate at a neutral location off base. Instead, after a careful check of her background, he’d arranged for her be picked up at a location away from the headquarters and brought in. So he sat and combed through her application one last time and wondered what he might be overlooking? It nagged him and he frowned at the pages. Then a voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Sir, Commander Rachel Na Gael is here,” the sergeant-secretary announced over the intercom.

“Very well, send her in,” he replied, rising to his feet as a most unusual looking woman walked in. The almost slender figure couldn’t have been much more than 160 centimeters tall, with dark brown-black hair that swept back from a small widow’s peak into a tight bun at the nape of her neck. Her oddly pale complexion matched her pale grey left eye. A patch covered her right eye and despite her cosmetics he could see faint traces of scars emerging from under the patch and extending towards her ear. Na Gael wore a dark grey jacket of vaguely military cut and a matching split skirt, plain white blouse and black boots. Eastman noted also that Commander Na Gael used a cane, favoring her right leg, and he wondered if her physical problems were related. “General Eastman?” she inquired, switching her cane so she could extend her right hand.

“Good morning, Commander Na Gael. Please be seated,” he said, shaking her hand and gesturing to the two chairs in front of the desk. She took the one farthest from the entrance, angling it so that she could see both him and the door. Interesting, he thought. Na Gael sat straight-backed and waited patiently as he studied her.

On impulse, Eastman bypassed the usual pleasantries and cut to the matter at hand. “I must admit, Commander, I am intrigued by your resume and letter of application for the position of xenologist. It’s my understanding that military and scientific experience such as you describe having are almost mutually exclusive,” he stated, and the woman nodded. “Especially in someone as young as you seem to be.

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