Angel 6.0 The Box Set by Travis Luedke

Author:Travis Luedke [Luedke, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 5

We did not dine in for the evening meal. Instead, the Emperor, his wife, his security entourage of a half dozen behemoth Warriors, both royal brats, Chilla and I, all cruised on the royal floater to the arena for premium seating at what I could only describe as a gladiator’s event. Fitted with some kind of grav generator, the flat, open-topped disc was ringed by plush seating, and hovered around the Emperor’s palace like an oversized, opulent limousine for Cats. They used it as transport through the interior of the palace station.

The royal floater had parked on high, looking over the stadium, with a spectacular view of everything and everyone. I’d seen holovids of Roman gladiator films from Nugene Station archives, and this was a very similar setup. Seating tiers wrapped around both sides of the arena in stair steps and each end of the stadium floor had large entry-exits. The place was even made of creamy-colored, carved stone, like something from Ancient Egypt or Rome. I imagined the entire setup must have been transported here from their home planet, but I still had no idea where their home planet was located, or what it looked like.

I’d spent my entire life in space. It would seem my feet were not destined to touch planetary soil.

I lounged on a couch with Rollick ever at my side, and Chilla on the opposite side of me, sipping deliciously strong liquor from clear flute glasses. Filled with nervous tension, Chilla wouldn’t stop pricking my arm with her claws and stealing little glances at Rollick when she thought he wasn’t looking. Aboard Cronin’s ship, Chilla never shut up about how lucky I was to be in the Prince’s good graces, how much she wished she could meet him. Now, she acted like someone had cut out her damn tongue.

As the food was brought in on large floating tables, everyone helped themselves to the awesome delicacies – probably the best food the Gran had to offer. It was a far cry from the crap served on the Trader’s Guild ship captained by Cronin.

The liquor was way better quality too. I know because I downed two full glasses and had a permanent smile plastered to my face through the rest of the meal. The Emperor and his wife were eyeing me, and I knew they wanted to chat. I had a few things to say of my own, so I excused myself from between the two Cats glued to my sides, and squeezed in between Lenka and her father, the Emperor.

He was the largest male I’d ever seen, well over three meters tall and weighed at least four hundred kilos – all of it sleek muscle. Though Rollick had grown considerably, his father still stood a head taller and outweighed him two to one. The Emperor was one Cat I’d never want to tangle with in a fight. In contrast to his intimidating size and strength, he laid a gentle hand of reassurance on my knee.

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