Star Minds Interregnum by Barbara G.Tarn

Author:Barbara G.Tarn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cyborg, alien humanoids, galaxy police, runaway, killer, space pirates, psychometrist, perfect beauty, telepaths
Publisher: Unicorn Productions
Published: 2015-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Part 2 – Camilla

"Waldo, this is Mirabilis, the tri-parted city," the brunette announced. "And if we didn't have an official invitation from the new king, you could forget ever entering the New Town."

The young man looked around in awe. The Perfects glared at the two foreigners, but if they'd gotten in, they had permission. It was plain obvious on their faces what they thought about the new king's policies – he had definitely lowered the bar of perfection by allowing anyone into the New Town.

"How long have you known Haje?" Waldo asked looking at the young woman who was his captain.

"Five or six years," she answered. "When I first met him, he still lived in the Lower Town, but he was always in the suburbs around the spaceport, to be closer to the New Town. He was a very ambitious young man."

"Have you been with him?" he asked after a brief hesitation.

"Yes," she answered.

He didn't persist. Another one night stand for fickle Camilla. Danold had told him a few, telling him to give up hope of seducing their captain. But he'd fallen in love with her anyway, even if he hadn't managed to tell her yet.

Besides, Camilla was always so cold and standoffish with her crew... Danold exhorted him to be patient, but Danold was older than him and had known Camilla for longer. And since Waldo was the newcomer, he couldn't tell his captain how much he cared for her yet.

After that first glance, he didn't look around much. He wasn't really interested in the beautiful architecture and the perfect Humanoids walking the wide streets of the New Town – his ideal woman was already walking by his side. He snapped out of his thoughts only in front of the magnificent royal palace, while Camilla seemed much more unimpressed by what was in front of her.

Waldo wondered if the new king had invited her to make her queen, but he was almost certain she'd refuse anyway. She wouldn't give up her starship and the freedom it gave her to live in a palace.

An android took them to a sumptuous boudoir with two doors and a large window opening onto a terrace. Soon the other door opened and a young man with long brown hair and a long-sleeved shirt that left even Waldo breathless for a moment entered. He wasn't ugly, but if Camilla preferred Haje to him, he couldn't blame her.

"Haje!" she greeted with a smile. "You're more handsome than ever! I'm very curious to know how you earned this throne!"

"And not why I invited you here?" Haje smiled, ignoring Waldo completely.

"You'd tell me that anyway," she replied. "I left you in the suburbs around the spaceport, anxious to conquer your spot in the New Town and here you are as the only king where there used to be a king and a queen. How did you manage?"

"I... um... convinced my predecessor to give me his place," Haje answered with an impish smile. "Unfortunately the day I was crowned they found him with his throat cut.

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