Time Raiders: The Protector by Merline Lovelace

Author:Merline Lovelace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-28T07:00:00+00:00

“’Bout time you woke up, Jones.”

She shoved a lopsided braid out of her face and thrust herself off his shoulder. Propped on one elbow, she demanded, “What happened last night?”

“Turns out I was the guest of honor at a private banquet for fifteen or so women and men.”

Cassie’s stomach knotted. She was envisioning a wild orgy when Max relieved her mind.

“The empress seated me between the general who commands the palace guards and Princess Mei Yin, her oldest daughter. Inspector Li was there, too. There was a lot of talking, a lot of eating, some poetry reading and this really graceful dancer from Thailand, or whatever it’s called in this century. I actually had a pretty good time.”

“What about the medallion? Did you see any bronze pieces depicting various constellations?”

“Not a one. The only zodiac signs I saw were those from the Chinese calendar. The dog, the sheep, the rat, the ox and so on. Those were everywhere.”

Cassie hadn’t thought it would be that easy. Still, she had to swallow a lump of bitter disappointment as Max continued.

“They wanted to know about the land I come from. And about you, of course. They’re all anxious to see you do your thing today.” His gaze sharpened. “You up for it?”

“I have to get outside the palace first. I can’t get a fix on wind direction or velocity inside these walls.”

“Not a problem. The general invited me to watch the guards perform a mounted drill this morning. It takes place on a parade field just outside the palace gates. The empress will be there, too, and commanded me to bring you.”

“When?”

“At the hour of the snake.”

“That’s, like, 9:00 a.m.!” Cassie threw off the downy silk comforter, her mind racing. “Before we go, I need to see if the pond surface froze last night and check this yew tree in the garden to—”

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