The next few days were mostly the same for Andrew. He would wake up and work with a new batch of trainees from Dreadnought Investment. And then find food somewhere local, and return to keep training.
For Andrew, the routine of the next few days would be good for him, and the time for training was also welcome. Often, he would run laps of the whole five stories of obstacles while waiting on the current batch of recruits to finish the first level. It almost felt like one of the Dragon team’s rotations back to the training barracks when they would split up and spend a week training front-line soldiers how to not die. Even a week of training with the Dragon squadron as their drill masters was enough to elevate most of the ordinary soldiers to something that stood a chance on the battlefields. The field generals were always thankful when the Dragon squad rolled though because while the gods of war were there, no one dared attack that position, plus their men always came out bette
When Roisin Eisen and her mother Cynthia Eisen returned home, they both sat in silence trying to decide how to move forward. In a short time, Andrew would very likely show up to the birthday celebration and in front of the whole family demand compensation for life-saving grace. How were they to come up with ten million? Roisin wrung her hands and got up to pace. As she did, she slipped her hand into her pocket and found the crumpled napkin Andrew had given her. The FORMULA! He has said this formula was worth a lot of money! He had provided a broken fragment for the R&D department to study and prove true, and asked her to talk to the Eisen group about selling off their portion of her company! Roisin stared at the formula, torn with what to do. Could she somehow bargain away her companies equity to cover her debt? Her company had been doing well in the last two years, and now made up about 1/3 of the Eisen group's core function. Her cousin ran the construction business tha
The next day, Andrew Got up and started the current wave of security trainees on their course. All the trainees had at this point been shown the route and also received at least some personal training from Andrew. It would be up to them now to show improvement. Near 11, a sleek bike soared into the construction site. The men all stopped what they were doing and watched and the rider glided over to where Andrew’s bike was parked next to the manager's trailer. Only a few noted that these bikes were almost identical, Andrew’s black and gold was a bit more ornate, compared to the new rider's more solid black, with just a touch of gold accent. The rider just paused and played on her phone waiting for something, ignoring all the eyes in her direction. “Back to training! If you men are distracted that easy, you will never amount to much when it comes to my security squads!” hollered Andrew. “not every day such a beauty like that
When they arrived at one of the higher-end shopping malls of Durres, Andrew agreed reluctantly that what he had been wearing was about worn through from training and living on the construction site. So they set out to find a clothing shop and acquire some medical ingredients to prepare something to bring to tonight’s Birthday celebration. Andrew had no relation to this Eisen family patriarch except through Roisin but figured it would be in poor taste to go empty-handed to Matthew Eisen’s birthday and then seek to collect compensation from his family. It was nice walking through the mall with the beautiful Anika on his arm. She was not in uniform for once nor in field gear so the change was striking. All of her feminine curves and figure were clearly visible and the smile on her face was radically different from the harsh lines of concentration that normally filled it during missions. They made their way into a store that sold high-end Suits, many of which were import
As they walked out, Andrew laden down with bags, Anika said, “hey at least I didn’t kill anyone.” Andrew shivered because he had seen her come off the battlefield more than once drenched in blood. Asrana may be the queen of Ice and have a stare that can freeze you solid, but Anika was a true queen of death in every sense of the title. “Where to now?” asked Anika as they wondered out. “Well, I need to get these delivered to wherever you are staying because we came on the bikes. Then I need a shower before the banquet.” Said Andrew. With a sly smile, Anika said, “Don’t have to ask me twice.” A shrill whistle was all it took to summoned a nearby transport car. Around the same time, back in Tiranë, the Capital city of Placida Anika’s absence from the Hero’s mansion had finally been noticed by the staff. Several housekeepers and aids had been trying to reach her all morning for various functions and briefings but no sign of her could be found. Several of these servants had been placed by lord Reva to try and help him find ways to get close to the goddess of war and to keep tabs on her doings, as she would likely get intelligence faster than anyone else in the province. One such servant nervously reported to the lord after the servants had searched the whole mansion and could not find her. “Lord Reva, I must report… we seem to have lost tract of the goddess.” “WHAT?” lord Reva exploded. “What do you mean you have ‘lost track’ of her? Did she just vanish into thin air?” “umm, well, my lord, it does seem she has. No one has seen her since she retired last evening. Nothing Civilian Dragon lord Chapter 31
Anika dressed in a sleek black full-length gown with a golden dragon emblazoned up the length of the back and ending near the left shoulder. The Dragon was edged with red closest to the gold body, and a thin silver band traced the outside of the red. On her right shoulder adjacent to the dragon head, was a red series of knotwork, edged in silver. This Symbol was unique to Andrew’s Dragon squad, who had each become gods of war and the Dragon Order that had formed around them. For those who knew the symbol and the power in denoted, it was a badge of honor. Few were permitted to wear this emblem and to do so without permission was an act that carried the death penalty. Each of the gods of war had a color, fringed with silver. The color denoted them, as well as their rank, and the silver was to show subservience to the Dragon Lord. Only the Dragon Lord would wear the dragon emblazoned in pure Gold. most from the order were direct servants to one of the gods
When the car arrived the driver held the door open and assisted Andrew and Anika out. A porter came over and asked if they knew which room their party was in. “We are here for the Eisen family, please guide us to the correct room.” Said Andrew. “This way, they are gathering in the banquet hall on the left.” As they entered the hall, Peter Matthews also waked in. Spotting Anika in her black dress, he did not recognize her at first. “Hello my lady, may I say, DAM are you fine! Perhaps you would like an escort in from Durres most eligible bachelor” said Peter, with complete confidence that his reputation in Durres was enough to melt any girl he saw. He was wrong. Raya piped up into both Andrew and Anika’s thoughts, ‘oooo, can I melt his brain?!’ ‘wait, you can do that?’ asked Anika and Andrew at the same time. ‘well, I don’t know, but might be fun to try. He seems a worthy test subject don’t you think?’
At that moment Jay Eisen walked in and saw the commotion. He also noted the wet spot at Peter’s crotch. Who could scare Peter so much to publicly wet himself? He then saw the gorgeous blonde woman staring down at Peter and wondered how peter had offended a beauty such as her. Normally, Jay never saw peter without one or two lovely ladies hanging off him. Jay hung around hoping one of them would get tired of waiting for Peter and might latch on to him! “Pardon me, but may I assist in any way? Perhaps you would like to step out of the hall, you can even join me for my grandfather's birthday celebration! There is going to be plenty of food!” Jay figured if he helped get this girl's attention off peter, he could stop embarrassing himself in public, and it would be a win-win for Jay. He might get to take this lovely lady to the family party, and show off a bit in front of everyone, and peter would owe him for the diversion. “hmm, I suppose such a party might be a nice cha