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456 pages, ebook
First published December 13, 2022
"We can’t even just walk into a trap like normal people. We have to work really hard first."
“This could be made much simpler if we just locked Caldenia up until it’s over,” Sean said.
“Sometimes you say things that make me wonder about you.”
“No need to wonder. I’m a simple man. I love you and I will protect you. And the inn. Even if I have to murder Caldenia and everyone else to do it.”
I stood on my toes and kissed him. “What if we don’t murder anybody?”
The corners of his mouth curved. “No promises.”
“Nothing can ever be easy,” he said. “Nope. We can’t even just walk into a trap like normal people. We have to work really hard first.”
....“We haven’t done anything dumb or dangerous for almost six months.” Sean pushed away from the wall on which he was leaning, walked over, and kissed me. “Let’s do this.”
“He seems rather annoyed,” she said.
“You permanently damaged Surkar.”
“I did no such thing.”
“You broke his spirit.”
“Then it wasn’t that strong to begin with. Pain is the best teacher. Whether he learns his lesson is of no interest to me.”
"The entire thing has the Arbitrators' fingerprints all over it," Mr. Rodriguez said. "Is an Arbitrator involved?"
"Yes," I said.
"Is it George Camarine?"
"Yes," I said again.
"That man is a menace." Mr. Rodriguez shook his head. "No other inn on Earth is willing to host this mess."
"We haven't done anything dumb or dangerous for almost six months… Let's do this."
The Seven Star Dominion spread across nine star systems, five of which had more than one habitable planet. The Dominion was a powerful force.
If they ever took over our solar system, within three hundred years Mars would be terraformed, Mercury and Venus would be on the way, and the Moon would sport a massive colony.