On the car ride to the restaurant, Roisin cried into Anika’s shoulder. On some level, she realized she was crying on a total stranger, and in front of Miss song of all things!
Miss Song looked at Andrew uncertainly and could not decide what to make of him.
“if you don’t mind me asking, now that you seem to be responsible for miss Roisin after what happened just now, what are your plans for her?”
Andrew sat quietly thinking for a long moment, glancing slowly between the three women. Each was a unique beauty in its own right.
‘get your head out of the bedroom for two seconds.’ Said Raya annoyed in his head. ‘you can't pretend to me that one went as planned. No ten million, no funds from the Matthews kid, and now you are stuck with this Roisin and expected to take care of her. How are you going to do that! YOU don’t even have a house right now!’
“We can all discuss plans over dinn
***Liam, on his end, just stared at his phone. Room near penthouse… why not the penthouse? Unless Andrew was already staying there… and miss Roisin? Liam could not fathom what was going on there. Right, first a room, then clean up in the box. Shit, clean-up meant bodies. What a night.***When they were all in the car heading to the hotel, Andrew grasps Anika’s hand. She flinched at the touch at first but then settled into the telepathy.‘Are you ok?’‘Of course, I am. What do you take me for? A weak housewife? Seriously we sleep together and you go all protector.’ Retorted Anika.Raya piped in ‘he is not wrong. While you are a force of your own, you have been overwhelmed before by too many opponents.’Anika did not what to relieve that memory right now so she sighed ‘I am fine. I couldn’t act sooner because I was pinned in place and wa
Lord Reva had left the hotel after discovering what the Eisen family of idiots had done. From what Kage had learned, he now knew that Anika had left with a man he assumed could be Andrew, the girl Roisin, and a Miss. Song! Lord Reva knew of the Song family as their antiquities business was quite famous even in Tiranë and the Songs could be considered the top family of Durres, and likely a top family of all eastern Placida. Their influence stretched quite far and they did business throughout the territory. Kage leaned forward, “Sir my watchers believe they have arrived at the Devine Elements restaurant. It is owned by Dreadnought Investment group.” “Ok, let's go. Perhaps we can greet them there and pay our respects. It will be easier to greet them there than somewhere as public as this.” However, when they arrived, they found the restaurant being emptied of everyone. When Kage caught a waiter and asked what was going on he said, “Big boss said to close
The next morning, Anika and Andrew woke up both feeling rejuvenated and oddly energized.Anika dressed in her riding black leather.“Heading back today?” asked Andrew.“Unfortunately. While it has been fun, I fear Lord Reva will send out search parties if I don’t return soon.” Replied Anika.“Lord Reva is not your master nor your keeper. Hell, you outrank him.” Said Andrew unsatisfied.“I know you will miss me… perhaps I will find a reason to visit again soon. Remember, you told me I have a public tour at the end of the month,” said Anika completely ignoring his comment.“Just keep your eyes open, head on a swivel. We may be back in our own country, but that just means the enemies are not as clear, and sometimes wear our own colors.” Replied Andrew.“Yes my lord,” said Anika with a sarcastic bow. “Shall we go find your newly adopted lost puppy?&
Andrew took out his phone and called Jackson.“Jackson, please patch me to Military HQ.” Andrew did this so that his number would not show up on any traces.“Connecting.”“Dragard Military HQ, this is Commander Trisk, please identify.” came the standard greeting.Jackson initiated the procedure by stating “ Commander, prepare to receive priority orders.”“Yes, Sir. If you will, please code in.” said Commander Trisk.Jackson initiated his code “Authorization: Cobalt Command, Beta 1002, transferring now.”Commander Trisk was stunned as such codes where almost never used. And was cobalt command transferring to a higher command? Who was above Cobalt command? Andrew picked up with “Clearance Code: Gold Dragon, Mike, Alpha 1001.”There was silence on the other end of the call. Andrew had never made a call into HQ since being awarded the
Roisin sat dumbly for a minute. Then she realized Anika had told Andrew to get her a phone, but he had not had a chance to before he left.She thought about catching a cab and just visit miss Croft in person… but she also didn’t have any money right now… How the hell was she supposed to do what Andrew asked?Finally, she mustered up the courage to walk to the front desk.“Excuse me… would it be possible to hire a ride to the Dreadnought Investment building and charge it to my room?”When the attendant looked up her account he smiled graciously. “of course, we can accommodate. Your VIP room can accommodate almost any need. I will get the driver over right away.”Roisin was a bit stunned. VIP room? What kind of deal had Anika, or was it Andrew… gotten her? what she did not yet realize was that Anika had transferred her to the penthouse account, and now that she was heading out Roisin had full
Roisin found the driver Arya had arranged and they headed to the local car dealership. She noticed that there were several shops along this route, and she asked the driver if he had any idea which one to start at. “Ma’am if you want personal transport, as a personal assistant I would not go less than the lindworm class.”“Really?”“Miss Croft would be displeased to have a wyrm as part of the fleet.” Said driver Donnel.The driver let her out at the first dealership and handed her a business card. “If you don’t find what you like today, just give me a call, I will be in the area should you need anything.”“Thank you”She walked up to the sales floor and looked at the Lindwurm transports and also saw a few kirin class options as well.A salesman noticed her and walked over. Looking her over to assess, her clothes were rather basic. This did not hide her beauty though. The
Late in the afternoon, Andrew and the gods of war arrived at the fortress of Verril to find it in total chaos.“Sargent!” Snapped Andrew as he grabbed the first officer to run by. “Who is in command?”“Umm, right now that would be Lieutenant Colonel Geraldie. If he is still alive that is”“Take me to him now.”“yes sir, he should be in the command center in the central fortress keep. This way.”The gods of war made their way to the keep, with passing soldiers giving them a wide birth. Soldiers knew a true warrior when they saw them, and these were eight of the deadliest generals in the whole land. If Andrew was the top supreme warrior as a five-start general, then his gods of war were his four-star area generals. No one questioned or outranked them.When they arrived at the keep headquarters, officers were running back and forth with reports and calling out orders. A man stood in th
Just then the others returned and began to report. Gad, Carter, and Malachi walked in with grim faces.Gad started “Sir it looks like Asrana walked into a shit show. That’s likely why we didn’t hear from her. She arrived to find her veterans had all be rotated out for other bases and she had a whole cohort of green troops. She had to start with basic training for almost everyone here.”Carter picked up the report, “Stores are low sir, looks like this base had been slowly drained of its stockpiles and did not get the last shipment. They have rations for about 2 days when they should have at least a month’s supply here. Gear is in bad shape as well. If the reports are accurate, the anti-air is the only thing supplied. The other ammo supplies are an absolute minimum to not trigger alerts to anyone not familiar with this base's minimum standards. If it were anywhere else these levels might pass as minimal, but for this base, and its loca