The Assassination of Billy Jeeling by Brian Herbert

Author:Brian Herbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: global warming, robots, climate change, ai, floating cities, dune
Publisher: ReAnimus Press

CHAPTER 21

The human mind can imagine anything, for good or evil. What do you suppose Billy Jeeling is thinking about now? You can be certain it is not good.

—From “Jeeling: the Awakening,” one of General Moore’s propaganda articles

Yürgen Zayeddi had imagined this might happen if he were ever alone with this spectacularly-beautiful woman, but it had been more erotic fantasy than anything else—a flight of the imagination to make his blood flow, but not to take seriously. Besides, there were the obvious dangers involved, preventing him from living out his fantasy. Yet, it had become a reality anyway.

He lay in bed watching Sonya dress, slipping her underclothes over the pleasing curves of her figure. They were in her studio apartment, which was not large, but was more comfortable than his humble room. As a proctor, she didn’t have to suffer the inconvenience of a roommate. After a few drinks, the two of them had sneaked in during the darkness of enhanced night on the great vessel, giggling like teenagers eluding their parents.

The moment they entered her apartment and closed the door, they were at each other in a frenzy of passion, throwing off clothes and making love—first on the carpet and then on the bed, and then again on the bed.

It was an hour before dawn now, when Skyship’s internal systems would increase the illumination across the airborne city in a realistic-appearing way, running parallel with the coming of day outside. There were not enough windows on the great ship to do this naturally, but the effect inside was so close to perfect that Yürgen sometimes forgot where he was.

She looked at him, smiled gently. Her blue eyes sparkled. “You’d better get dressed yourself, and be on your way. Don’t forget, I live here, not you!”

He grinned, swung out of bed and looked for his clothing, which was strewn across the floor, from the front door to the bedroom. “That was really something,” he said. “You’re really something. I could hardly keep up with you.”

Her gaze narrowed. “I’ll have you know, I am not a nymphomaniac.”

“I never said you were. Of course, you’re not. It’s just that—”

“I’ve never been this way with anyone else,” she said. “I knew the moment I saw you that we had something between us, a strong magnetism, a chemistry. Oh, I’m not saying I’m a virgin or anything crazy like that. But, well, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?”

“I know exactly what you mean. We have something special.” He paused as he put on his shorts and an undershirt. “More than special. That’s not a good enough word for it.” And he really felt that way, beyond the powerful physical attraction he felt for her. They had talked for hours during the night, in between the lovemaking. She was interested in many of the same things he was—science, art, history, philosophy, and goals in life. Sonya was intensely devoted to Billy Jeeling, just as Yürgen was, yet she also wanted a family someday—and so did he.

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