Read Book of the Guardian 3: The Last Mission for Free Online
Authors: Ben Winston
consortium afterward," Hanna replied.
Mark sighed and rose. "Thanks Hanna. I need to get a shower before work, guys. Thanks for coming over this morning, I really enjoyed just being able to talk to someone."
"It was our pleasure, Mark," Chloe replied as she stood.
"Thanks for all your help on Bethel's Anvil by the way, I know you didn't have to do that personally," John said.
"You're welcome. You guys should go see the city; there's been a lot of new stuff built since your last visit," Mark recommended as he left the room.
"I know it's still a little early, but maybe we can still get reservations for dinner tonight. We haven't went out to dinner for a while," John suggested.
Chloe chuckled. "Somehow, I don't think that's going to be much of an issue."
"Huh?" John asked. "Why?"
Chloe held up her hand and curled her fingers in a countdown. When her hand made a fist, Hanna entered the room from her office. "My Lady, My Lord, I hope you don't mind, but I made reservations for you at Nuyork Grill for eighteen hundred. I also made arrangements for Lady Diamond and yourself to tour the transit facility, the shuttle is waiting for you on pad four."
John grinned at Chloe. "You've either developed psychic abilities, or you had that one figured out!"
Hanna seemed to look a little confused, and Chloe took pity on her. "I anticipated that you would make these arrangements. Thank you, Hanna. You're too kind!"
Hanna grinned. "No, I just tried to think of what I'd like to share with my own love, and here you are."
"You want to take a tour of the Transit Facility?" John asked, grinning.
"Well, no, but considering Lady Diamond's hobby, I didn't think you'd mind," Hanna replied smiling. "I can cancel the tour if you would like?"
John shook his head. "No, don't do that; she'd skin me alive if you did!"
"You bet your ass I would! I knew they were working on them, but I hadn't known they had gotten any built!" Chloe replied.
"Well, come on, Sparkle, let's go take that tour," John said using Chloe's nickname.
"John, you know I hate that nickname!" Chloe replied. "I suppose we could start calling you 'Lazarus'!" Chloe replied.
Hanna looked confused. "What's a Lazarus? Something to do with lasers?"
John chuckled. "No, Lazarus was a poor man that another man supposedly raised from the dead. The man that did the resurrecting later became a central figure in an old Earth religion. Actually, I'm really surprised even Chloe knew of him."
"You're not the only one of us that knows how to read," Chloe replied as she made her way to the door with John. "Thanks again Hanna, have a good day!"
"The same to you both, Milady," Hanna replied.
Chapter 27
––––––––
M ark had no more than gotten sat down on his throne to begin court than a courier from the Ministry of Intelligence arrived. He all but ran up to the throne and bowed.
"Sire, please forgive the interruption, but Minister Gadfries has sent you an urgent message. He apologizes for sending it via courier, but he felt it was too important to be sent over a comm," the young man said. He was panting and sweating profusely.
"Did you run all the way here, young man?" Mark asked, as he motioned a guard to take the message and hand it to him.
"Yes Sire, I was told that it was very urgent."
"Well sit down there on the steps. Rest for a moment, you deserve it after a run like that," Mark ordered. The Ministry was almost five miles away across the Royal Menagerie that was used to separate the Palace from the rest of the city.
However, the man was forgotten as soon as Mark opened the missive.
"Sire, we have received the most astounding information from a group of traders that were allowed to travel very deeply into the Tammerain Empire. Based on their sensor readings and testimony, we believe we have found the capitol world of the Tammerain Empire!" was all the message said.
Mark stood, getting the attention of every one of the courtiers in the room. "Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mark sighed and rose. "Thanks Hanna. I need to get a shower before work, guys. Thanks for coming over this morning, I really enjoyed just being able to talk to someone."
"It was our pleasure, Mark," Chloe replied as she stood.
"Thanks for all your help on Bethel's Anvil by the way, I know you didn't have to do that personally," John said.
"You're welcome. You guys should go see the city; there's been a lot of new stuff built since your last visit," Mark recommended as he left the room.
"I know it's still a little early, but maybe we can still get reservations for dinner tonight. We haven't went out to dinner for a while," John suggested.
Chloe chuckled. "Somehow, I don't think that's going to be much of an issue."
"Huh?" John asked. "Why?"
Chloe held up her hand and curled her fingers in a countdown. When her hand made a fist, Hanna entered the room from her office. "My Lady, My Lord, I hope you don't mind, but I made reservations for you at Nuyork Grill for eighteen hundred. I also made arrangements for Lady Diamond and yourself to tour the transit facility, the shuttle is waiting for you on pad four."
John grinned at Chloe. "You've either developed psychic abilities, or you had that one figured out!"
Hanna seemed to look a little confused, and Chloe took pity on her. "I anticipated that you would make these arrangements. Thank you, Hanna. You're too kind!"
Hanna grinned. "No, I just tried to think of what I'd like to share with my own love, and here you are."
"You want to take a tour of the Transit Facility?" John asked, grinning.
"Well, no, but considering Lady Diamond's hobby, I didn't think you'd mind," Hanna replied smiling. "I can cancel the tour if you would like?"
John shook his head. "No, don't do that; she'd skin me alive if you did!"
"You bet your ass I would! I knew they were working on them, but I hadn't known they had gotten any built!" Chloe replied.
"Well, come on, Sparkle, let's go take that tour," John said using Chloe's nickname.
"John, you know I hate that nickname!" Chloe replied. "I suppose we could start calling you 'Lazarus'!" Chloe replied.
Hanna looked confused. "What's a Lazarus? Something to do with lasers?"
John chuckled. "No, Lazarus was a poor man that another man supposedly raised from the dead. The man that did the resurrecting later became a central figure in an old Earth religion. Actually, I'm really surprised even Chloe knew of him."
"You're not the only one of us that knows how to read," Chloe replied as she made her way to the door with John. "Thanks again Hanna, have a good day!"
"The same to you both, Milady," Hanna replied.
Chapter 27
––––––––
M ark had no more than gotten sat down on his throne to begin court than a courier from the Ministry of Intelligence arrived. He all but ran up to the throne and bowed.
"Sire, please forgive the interruption, but Minister Gadfries has sent you an urgent message. He apologizes for sending it via courier, but he felt it was too important to be sent over a comm," the young man said. He was panting and sweating profusely.
"Did you run all the way here, young man?" Mark asked, as he motioned a guard to take the message and hand it to him.
"Yes Sire, I was told that it was very urgent."
"Well sit down there on the steps. Rest for a moment, you deserve it after a run like that," Mark ordered. The Ministry was almost five miles away across the Royal Menagerie that was used to separate the Palace from the rest of the city.
However, the man was forgotten as soon as Mark opened the missive.
"Sire, we have received the most astounding information from a group of traders that were allowed to travel very deeply into the Tammerain Empire. Based on their sensor readings and testimony, we believe we have found the capitol world of the Tammerain Empire!" was all the message said.
Mark stood, getting the attention of every one of the courtiers in the room. "Ladies and Gentlemen,
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