REHO: A Science Fiction Thriller (The Hegemon Wars) by D. L. Denham

Author:D. L. Denham [Denham, D. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BlackHats Publishing
Published: 2014-07-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Reho and Rainne had spent almost every hour together since that second night.

The storm had lasted four days, slowing their progress to Neopan by eighteen hours. Now they were less than twelve hours away.

That second night, as Rainne slept in Reho’s arms, a barrier came down, one that Reho had built around himself since leaving Red Denver. He wanted to know her, be with her, and have her in his life. He wasn’t sure what the future held, but he knew that he could find contentment if she was around. And they had grown attached to sleeping next to each other at night. It wasn’t just the physical closeness that mattered. An emotional bond developed and flourished as they whispered in the darkness, each waiting for the other to fall asleep. Reho never suggested they do more than talk, but he felt the urges that come with being alone with a beautiful girl.

Now, they sat alone in one of two theater rooms, the projector replaying the only film left behind on its reel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It repeated for the third time as they sat quietly, Rainne nestled in Reho’s arms. The violence on the screen numbed them, vanquishing thoughts of Hegemon and warbeasts.

She wrapped herself in his arms; the same arms that took life seemed so capable of renewing it. She talked of Mar less as the days passed. Her father she would honor whenever something good happened or when a pleasant memory returned. She spoke even less of her mother who had always been distant and uninvolved in her life. Her mother had adored Mar to the point of neglecting Rainne. She also shared how her mother had gone through terrible trauma years before Rainne had been born. Reho learned that nightmares had plagued her mother, much as they had Reho’s own mother. Both of their mothers had suffered much. Reho knew Rainne’s suffering had been the greater, because she had known her parents all her life. For Reho, his parents were only childhood memories. Rainne had lived her entire life with her family until just a few days ago.

As the credits rolled and the thematic music played, Rainne reached up and pulled Reho’s face toward hers. Her tender kiss ignited a desire and need long repressed, and as he ran his hands through her hair and down her shoulders, Reho knew he wanted more. The tenderness gave way to passion, as their bodies stretched across the theater seats. They pressed against each other as Reho took away the past and gave her a future. They melted and mixed, creating something new from what had been two lonely, damaged individuals—one a refugee, the other a wanderer.

Afterward they slept, folded into each other.

Reho dreamed of Jimmy and the city of light and mirrors.

***

Everyone saw it on the monitor before Gibson could say what it was.

Neopan stood in contrast to everything else on the screen. Ocean and land highlighted the navigational map in hues of blue and green. But Neopan was white.

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