The Arwen Book two: Manifest Destiny by Callahan Timothy P

Author:Callahan, Timothy P. [Callahan, Timothy P.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2013-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-eight

Professor Ricter walked into the Ulliam market place with Juliet and frowned. It was crowded beyond anything he was comfortable with. He knew it would be and told this to Juliet many times before leaving that morning but she had insisted they go. Something about spending too much time in the labs, talking to the world leaders, being the envoy to the alien cabal, basically trying to save the corps from destruction. She thought he needed to take a break and this would be the best place to go.

He was annoyed at her, mostly because she was correct. He did need a break. He needed to spend more time with Juliet. So, arm in arm, they walked into the Ulliam market.

The Professor ignored all the touristy gift and focused on the crowd itself, studying it. It fascinated him to see so many aliens mingling in the open. Alien races that were enemies a few short years ago were now friends, or at least working together to stop a common enemy. Ulliam, Earthlings, Regals, Hellimites, Echolites, and Gyssyc shopped and ate. He even spotted a few of the Cabal, a group of Killois, their long necks and flat head made them stand out even in a crowd of aliens. One of them spotted him and he felt the tingling of a communication request in his head. He thought, “Not now, I’m taking a day off.”

“What was that?” Juliet asked not looking up from the trinket she was holding.

“One of the Killois wanted to have a telepath conversation.”

“I hope you said no.”

“Of course, I don’t want to talk to them when I’m trying to relax. They’re all about giving up and running.”

“That seems to be the case with most of them,” Juliet replied placing the small object back onto a shelf. “Come on, I want to try some Regal food, been in the mood for it since this morning.” She grabbed Professor Ricter by his arm and dragged him across the market.

He heard the music well before seeing the aliens playing. It was a soothing kind of tune that brought a festive atmosphere to the location. Juliet heard it and walked over to the sounds with the Professor close behind her. She pushed her way through the crowd until she was standing directly in front of the band. It was an interesting mix of aliens, three Ulliam, two humans and a Regal, all played instruments from their home worlds. The only one Professor Ricter recognized was the guitar the human was playing. Even though he didn’t recognize the others and they had a distinct sound he could probably guess what their Earth counterparts were. Two different kinds of drums, a piano and something that sounded almost like a xylophone.

Juliet stood there moving her head to the beat of the song. Her hair, which was longer than he’d ever seen, moved in time with the head. Professor Ricter had to smile and remarked to himself how full of life this woman was. She looked over and smiled back.

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