Free The Days of the Golden Moons (The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 5) by J. Naomi Ay

as Katie all these years.”
    “Tuman?”
Taner gasped as Thad rang off.  “Blessed Saint, how did this come about?”
    “Taner,”
I said.  “Why don't you put HIM on a plane instead of Shika?  Maybe if, Miss
Katie will satisfy HIM then no one will need to go to Rozari at all.”
    “Ah,
you're very clever my little lamb,” he replied.  “Why don't we take a break for
lunch and you can show me exactly what you mean by that.”
    “Oh
Taner, now hush,” I cried and forwarded my vid to Deka.

 
     
     
    Chapter 14
    Shika
     
    It
was really weird meeting my mom again after all this time.  I mean, half my
life went by while she was gone missing but when she asked me what was new, I
couldn't think of a thing. 
    Of
course, she hugged and kissed me a lot and kept holding onto my arm, which I
really didn't mind at all.  I forgot how little she was.  Actually, maybe I
never realized how little she was because I was always smaller.  Now, I was a whole
lot bigger.  She kept looking at me and shaking her head, saving over and over
how I looked like my dad even though my hair was military short and light brown
not long and black like his.
    Taner
left us alone for a while, and we talked and talked about everything I was
doing and I found myself just going on and on about school and Petya and all
the problems I had.  She listened to my every word, staring intently the whole
time like she really cared, too.  She asked me what my dad thought of this, and
that and when I told her, I hadn't spoken to him since right after she left, her
face scrunched up like she was either really mad or about to cry.  It turned
out that meant she was mad because, in her next breath, she started swearing
and calling him all sorts of names. 
    At
this point, Taner came back in and started telling her all about what was going
to happen when she came back to Mishnah.  That probably was about the worst
possible time to bring up that subject.  A doctor guy came in too and fixed up
the wound on her arm and then Taner told my mom she needed an injection.
    “Is
it tetanus?” she asked while the doctor guy popped his needle into her arm. 
    “Uh,
no,” Taner said.  “It’s a tracking chip.  But we can get you a tetanus too if
you like.”
    My
mom went ballistic at that point and started screaming how she didn't give a
damn if it was the Evil Emperor's order that she got this.  She demanded that
the doctor take it back out, or she would cut it out herself.  Taner started
laughing although none of us knew why.  After that, he forbade any one to have
a knife around my mom.  Then he and the doctor left, and it was just mom and me
and Auntie Luci again for a little while.  I was able to calm her down by
telling her about my plans to join the Imperial SpaceNavy and become a ship
captain.  She thought that was a totally awesome idea and perked up again
telling me about all the adventures on her ship and how I was born in space,
and maybe I belonged out here.  I didn’t tell her about my ride on the Queen of
Altaris and how I gave the order to blow up the planet.  I wasn’t sure how
she’d react to that since she thought it was her mission to keep my dad out of
Rozari.
    By
the time we got to Rozari the next day, my mom was feeling better.  Auntie Luci
had done her hair and made sure she dressed appropriately, so she was looking very
Empress-like again.  My valet had put out a nice suit for me, so I think I was
looking pretty Prince-like too.  Of course, my mom and Luci went on and on how
handsome I looked which I guess I did.  In fact, Auntie Luci whispered to me
that I was more attractive than my dad because at least I was normal looking.
    Taner
was drinking coffee and eating breakfast with mom and Luci when I came in.  Mom
got over her mad at him and was laughing about the fact that he got married to
her old friend Caroline who was a tall, Human lady with grey-brown hair and
some kind of weird southern accent.  When I first saw