The WereGames II - Salvation by Jade White

Author:Jade White [White, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Magnus Caledon II picked up all of his lapels, his medal of valor among many others. It gleamed as he placed these on his crisp, all navy blue suit. He heard footsteps but didn’t bother to look back.

“You ready?” Her voice was soft, like honey.

He turned to face his wife and nodded. He had been married to Vanessa for a little over two years now, but he had never found the capacity to love her romantically. They slept in the same bed together, but he hadn’t touched her in over a year. To him, it was a pleasant enough arrangement-at least they were friends. It seemed she was content as well and said nothing of their strange husband-wife arrangement.

The annual President’s Gala was held every December, and it was a glitzy affair with celebrities and top aides and those the government deemed worthy. Every attendant was screened, and the majority vocally pledged to support the president’s reign. He disliked mingling with people and preferred to do his job in the sidelines. Vanessa would deal with the small talk. Her parents were the largest manufacturers of steel in the country, and his father needed that.

He took a breath and walked the halls of the presidential house he’d grown up in. He had remembered every detail in this house, remembered how he used to run down this corridor as a child with his sibling, and the butler would reprimand them for their behavior. Those were the good days, he thought. He had no time for play anymore. He had been forced to mature the day his mother was killed…

He heard the music floating throughout the premises, and he knew the gala was in full swing. It was a celebration. The Second Civil War had ended on the December 24th. It was something that had been celebrated since his grandfather had become a teenager, but he did not feel festive like the rest of them who wanted to get into his father’s good graces.

The moment the doors to the grand ballroom opened, he was met with the blast of an orchestra playing an upbeat tempo along with a sea of people dancing and talking and holding those elegant flutes filled with expensive champagne. He took another deep breath and found himself smiling at Vanessa, as if to assure himself that her presence would make everything tolerable. He began scanning the room for Stephen, as the program included both of them standing beside their father while President Magnus gave his speech.

It took less than five minutes for Stephen to find his brother, dressed in his military finery. He estimated there was at least a thousand people in attendance tonight, the cream of the crop in the capital.

He excused himself as Vanessa spoke to a few guests. He made his way to Stephen, who was busy on his phone.

“Where were you? I’ve been waiting for you for three hours,” Magnus II said irritably.

“Ah, that,” Stephen began. “Can we talk about this after father’s speech? You know how he likes us on stage with him.

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