Twin Stars 1: Ascension by Robyn Paterson

Author:Robyn Paterson [Paterson, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Goodreads: 18135989
Publisher: Robyn Paterson
Published: 2013-06-23T17:00:00+00:00

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The doors of the elevator swished open, and Ping An stepped from them into Remy’s Outdoor Cafe. Calling it outdoor was a bit of a misnomer, as while it was indeed located outside on the roof of the second tallest building in Castle City, the invisible bubble that surrounded it kept much of the effects of being outdoors at a safe distance. What it did allow, however, was a spectacular view of the city towers and the sea beyond.

“Miss Zhang?” Asked an old man in a formal black and white business suit. He had an angled, lean face and a pointed nose, but his expression was kind, and his eyes bright.

When she nodded, he bowed and bid to her to follow him. As she did, she looked around at the busy cafe. It was designed in a faux tropical jungle style, with small flowering trees and lots of green plants placed to offer discreet privacy to its clientele. Servers dressed in brightly colored tropical shirts flitted like bees from table to table of the large space, delivering tea and sweet cakes on wooden trays. The clients here were all well dressed business types, but not the common kind who did the work- these were the bosses who dressed a bit more casually but balanced if off with little touches of jewelry and other affectations to show their true status.

Then abruptly, as Ping An followed the old man, the tables around them became empty and the sounds of the cafe faded away. The section they had entered, near the edge of the roof, was devoid of patrons who might disturb the person there. And, as the servant led Ping An around another patch of plants into a brightly lit section, she saw the reason why.

Sitting at a lone spindly black metal table set against the edge of the roof was Lady Clarisse Whitcombe, head of the Polyvaris Corporation. Not a large woman, she looked quite old and frail at first glance, but even just seeing her sitting there alone Ping An suddenly had a feeling of energy and strength from her. It was like the tables nearby were empty not merely because she wished it, which Ping An imagined was the case, but because they were pushed away by her aura of strength.

As they approached, Ping An looked at her more carefully. She had short grey hair that was styled and cut at the chin, and a somewhat flat face, with deep set eyes the color of the sea. She wore a perfectly cut business jacket of salmon pink, with a cobalt blue shirt beneath that matched her eyes, and accompanied by a long skirt that was just a shade of pink off from the jacket. At her neck was a broach with a large piece of polished amber set into it.

She showed no sign being aware of them, her steady, unfocused gaze telling Ping An she was actually in a linked conversation with some distant person. Before her

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