The Slaver Wars: Galactic Conflict by Weil Raymond L

Author:Weil, Raymond L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raymond L. Weil Publications
Published: 2014-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Jeremy was feeling nervous, even worse than when he had faced the Hocklyns and AIs at Careth. The reason was simple; today was his wedding day. In two more weeks, they would be launching the new Avenger and shortly after that, they'd be returning to Careth to continue the war. Both Fourth Fleet and Second Fleet were nearly ready, as well as Grayseth’s new battleship.

“You should see the look on your face,” Kevin said with a grin as he put on his fleet dress jacket. “Not about to change your mind, are you?”

“No way,” Jeremy croaked out. He reached over, poured some cold water into a glass from the small table in the room, and took a fortifying drink. “Kelsey and I have wanted this for a long time.” Then, looking over at Kevin, he continued. “It’s still not too late; we could always make this a double wedding.”

“Are you kidding?” Kevin said, shaking his head vehemently. “The entire Federation is going to be watching your wedding; Katie and I prefer something more intimate and private.”

Jeremy nodded in understanding. At first, he'd been opposed to broadcasting their nuptials live across the entire Human Federation of Worlds, but Fleet Admiral Johnson had convinced them by seeing the marriage of two of the Special Five would boost the morale of the entire Federation.

“Have you seen the list of who's attending?” asked Kevin, holding a sheet of paper in his hand he'd picked up from the table. “The President, Governor Malleck, and almost every member of the Federation Senate will be in the assembly hall.”

“Our families will be too,” Jeremy reminded Kevin. They'd sent out invitations to nearly everyone that had attended the reception Fleet Admiral Johnson had held for them at New Tellus Station before they left on Operation First Strike. Nearly everyone had accepted, and there had been numerous calls of congratulations.

Jeremy looked at himself in the mirror. He was dressed in the uniform of a full fleet admiral, decorations and all. The dark blue uniform was made of the finest material fleet tailors had been able to find. Jeremy had felt a little uncomfortable wearing all the decorations and insignia, but Fleet Admiral Johnson had told him the people of the Federation would be expecting it.

There was a knock on the door and it slowly opened. Admiral Kalen stepped in and looked approvingly at Jeremy. “You should know that Fleet Admiral Johnson, Governor Malleck, and I had a long conversation with President Kincaid. He's agreed to allow you and Kelsey to stay with Fourth Fleet. The only demand he has made is that the two of you cannot be on the Avenger together if it goes into combat. She will be assigned to the new shipyard being built over Careth when the Avenger goes out on sorties.”

“At least the two of you will still get to see one another,” Kevin said with a nod. A big concern for all of them had been that Kelsey might have to stay in the Federation and not be able to return to Careth.

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