Reshner's Royal Ranger by Julie C. Gilbert

Author:Julie C. Gilbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, forbidden love, prince, ranger, nanotechnology, rite of passage, dangerous journey
Publisher: Julie C. Gilbert
Published: 2018-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

ZERI (JUNE) 8, 1538

Ninety-seven days into Prince Terosh’s Kireshana journey

McNoughten Farm, Kesler Plains

The small bits of Dr. Atien Belcross that still existed within Dalonos ached to know what went on in that barn, but the presence of so many Light Ones made him sick. His confidence had been shaken enough to make him fear tangling with those other anotechs. Instead of fighting the gut-twisting sensation, he checked on his experiment.

The smallest child still barely clung to life. The disease was obviously thriving. The man who had served as a reluctant vector deserved a reward. Dalonos would kill the man swiftly later. A closer examination via anotechs revealed remnants of herbal remedies that kept the symptoms at bay. Two of the children seemed slightly better but the rest had worsened, though not to the point they should have. The woman struggled against the disease and grew stronger by the minute. Dalonos was tempted to declare the experiment a failure, enter the house, and clean up the mess.

“They grow amrita,” the figure of False Jalna reported, appearing at Dalonos’s side.

“Will it work?”

“That is unknown,” False Jalna replied.

Dalonos cursed.

“Stop sounding like a machine.”

The girl chuckled and disappeared. Dalonos braced for the inevitable sensation of ten thousand needles pricking him as the anotechs entered him simultaneously.

“Should I kill them?”

We no longer want them dead.

“Not them, though it would be easy now. I meant the family. Should I kill the farmer and his family?”

An excruciatingly long silence followed, but eventually the anotechs answered.

No. Leave scouts to report on their success or failure. There is no time to wait. We must warn the master that the Light Ones grow stronger. It may affect his plan.

“You know he wants me dead, right? I can feel that skulking Ranger haunting my shadows.”

Lord Kezem is momentarily misguided. He will see reason soon enough.

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