Free The Lost Prince by Saxon Andrew

blaster’s force field went off. She looked at Ian and pressed the orange button. The shoulder blaster disappeared. “What the…”
    Violet held her arms up and the blaster appeared. Ian pressed the orange button on the other shoulder weapon and it disappeared. “I wonder where it goes.”
    Violet shook her head, “I don’t have any idea. However, that process is a good way to transport them.”
    Ian pressed the orange button on two of the hand blasters he collected. He held out a hand and a hand blaster appeared. He put it on the ground and raised his hand again and another blaster appeared. He put it down and raised his hand and nothing happened. “Violet, we need to go back in and collect as many blasters as possible.”
    “Lead the way.”
    • • •
    A week later Ian and Violet were sitting next to a pond, leaning against the trunks of two trees staring up at a sky that was filled with stars. The massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way could be seen just the western horizon. Violet took a bite of a fruit from one of the trees that E had declared safe for consumption. “I’ve never seen so many stars in the sky.”
    “Things are crowded here, close to the core of the galaxy.” Ian paused and said, “I had E pull your history from Euclid’s records.” Violet whipped around and glared at him. “I know it’s an invasion of your privacy, but we’re going to have to go back and I needed to make sure there wouldn’t be any problems if you stay with us when we go to Euclid.”
    Violet’s glare softened slightly, “What did you find out?”
    “It clarified a lot of issues for me.”
    Her glare disappeared, “What do you mean?”
    “You were wise to run.” Violet stared at him and Ian said, “You were selected to marry me.” Violet was stunned speechless. “I wondered why Ariene didn’t show up at the accelerated university until her last year. When you disappeared, she was the next one on the list. She took your place. She wasn’t told until after she graduated.”
    Violet turned away from Ian and looked at the pond. After a moment she said, “Then I was lucky. I would have been killed in the attack instead of her.”
    “I’m not completely certain about that, but you would have been absolutely miserable without Tad. You did the right thing to flee.”
    They were both silent for thirty minutes and then Violet looked at Ian, “Why are you uncertain about my being killed?”
    Ian stared at her and then looked up at the sky, “I think that if I had spent even a short time around you, I wouldn’t have left without you.”
    Violet looked at his profile and heard him say, “Even though your heart belonged to another, I know I could not have allowed you to die.” Violet watched him turn and look at her, “After all, you are beautiful.”
    She left the tree she was leaning on and threw herself on top of him. She said just before she kissed him, “Sometimes you discover that destiny never gives up.” Violet was no longer alone and Ian finally discovered what love was. Both of them entered a new world where everything had been turned upside down.
    • • •
    Violet entered the bridge and said, “E, where are the storage bags? I want to collect some of the fruit for our stores.”
    “You’ll find the bags in the compartment under the processer in the dining room, Your Highness.”
    Violet froze, “What do you mean?”
    “They’re next to the left hand wall under the processor.”
    “No, I meant by calling me that.”
    “What?”
    “Your Highness.”
    “You were the number one Section. Whether or not you were married, your selection to that position carries the title that comes with it.”
    “I am not a member of the Royalty.”
    “If you say so.”
    “E, I’m not.”
    There was a pause and E said, “A poodle could declare that it is not a dog but that declaration wouldn’t change reality.” Violet stood and fumed. “If it helps at all, all of the top twenty selected for