Spirit of Empire 02 Knights of the Chosen by Lawrence P. White

Author:Lawrence P. White [White, Lawrence P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lawrence P. White
Published: 2011-06-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Lady Krys barely remembered boarding the ship on Parsons’ World. She’d been given a Rider shortly after Tarn’s Naming, and Maelia completely entranced her. Worries about Rebels, coups, the Chessori, First Knights and the Queen, even the dangers of her continuing voyages had been shut out. Maelia had been her sole focus.

Now, days later, she felt as if she’d awoken from a dream. She looked around the room, a room she’d paid little attention to, and it suddenly mattered. Sir Tarn, the newest and youngest of all the Knights, waited half asleep in a chair.

“Hello, my love,” she said.

He straightened in the chair, but he didn’t rise. “Are you back?”

“I am.” She got up from the bed and kneeled on the deck in front of him, resting her head on his lap with her arms around his waist. “Hmm,” she murmured.

He ran his hands through her hair. “So you have a new friend. Is there still room for me?”

She got up and sat on his lap, her hands going around his neck. She gave him a long, lingering kiss. “Is that answer enough?”

An uncertain grin found its way to his face. “What’s her name?”

“Maelia. She says hello.”

“Hello, Maelia.” To Krys, he said, “I’ll bet you’re hungry.”

“Not particularly. I know I was out of it, but I remember you bringing me meals. How long have we been here?”

“Don’t you have another source for answers now?”

“I do, but I’m asking you.”

“We boarded three days ago.”

“I vaguely remember something about going to Earth.”

“We are. We’ll change ships there and get going on our mission.”

She leaned away from him, distraught. “We’ve lost Rappor?”

“For now. She’ll be reconditioned, brought up to date when they can fit her into the schedule. We’re getting a fast ship, one with all the latest upgrades. The Queen is seriously concerned about your well-being.”

“What about Stven and M’Sada and the rest of the crew?”

“All here.”

She smiled and stood up. “Then it’s okay. I need some exercise. It’s been days and days. Care to join me?”

He grimaced. “If you insist. I’ve been skipping my workouts, too. This room’s too small. Let’s go to the exercise room.”

“Can’t it be just the two of us? I don’t know if I’m ready to face the world yet.”

“I don’t think the exercise room is used much. Come on.”

“Let me change first.”

“Don’t bother. This won’t be a serious work-out, just some stretching and a little exercise. You can go as you are.”

Borg, her Protector, waited outside the room, but at a signal from Tarn, he padded away. Krys took Tarn’s arm, but then realized she didn’t know which way to go. In fact, she didn’t even know what ship she was on, but it didn’t matter at the moment. Their mission lay in the future, her present was perfect, and she wasn’t going to disrupt that perfection with details. It was just her, Tarn, and Maelia, and she felt like she was still in a dream, a perfect dream.

Tarn led her to the exercise room,

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