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

Personally, I found octopi absolutely revolting. 
    I
had just set the great ugly creature upon my chopping block and was proceeding
to skin off the outer layer when Dr. Moonbeam happened upon me and invited me
to join him for lunch.  Happy to have an excuse not to dissect the octopus, I
placed it carefully back in my cooler and set out with this odd human fellow. 
He had far too much hair on his face and far too little on his head.  He had a
nervous habit of pushing his glasses up his nose every few moments even when they
had not slipped at all.  He also had a tragic fascination for my niece, the
Empress, whose picture adorned the town square though she, herself, had long
since disappeared.
    I
watched his face closely whenever he began to relate a story to me of my niece
and himself and their lives in the Allied Spaceforce.  It was obvious, though I
hoped not equally as apparent to everyone, that he had loved her.  Even now,
his feelings were plainly written upon his face.  It was interesting too, how
he spoke of my grand-nephew, the Prince Shika, with both adoration and devotion
choking his voice. 
    I
was conflicted then on what to do about him for I knew the secret to her
whereabouts.  I had fished the coast and these waters for many years and nearly
nine years ago, saw the spaceplane that crashed in the ocean not far from these
shores.  I felt the wave that brought the woman and the Talasian man ashore as
it rocked my boat and sent me flying from my chair.  It also tossed one of my
best reels into the water.  I headed ashore to where the two bodies had washed
up, but before I could anchor and launch my tender, the police came and took
them away. 
    I
did not know who they were or how they came to crash on this planet until early
this year when the Emperor became our overlord, and it was announced that his
lady was here.
    I
saw her the first time whilst I was still out at sea, fishing the waters by the
cottage that sat directly on the shore.  I had seen this cottage many times
throughout the years, and I had watched the tenants as they came and went.  It
was the perfect location for someone to hide away, and had I neither boat nor
marina to settle in, I would have chosen exactly that spot. 
    When
she arrived at the cottage, I knew her instantly for her looks were quite
famous by then.  Even so, she was known to me in a way I could only say,
resonated in my soul, as if we had met in a past life.
    I
did not believe in coincidence, where we are and where we have been is all part
of a great plan.  I was here on Derius for more than twenty and five years,
separated from my wife and children, my father and brother, and all that I had
known, solely for the purpose of awaiting her arrival so that I might assist in
changing the galaxy yet again.
     
    Dr.
Moonbeam had preceded me to the steps of the cottage, and I could hear his
voice inside.  There was blood on the porch, and the door was slightly askew.  I
pushed it open further and went inside.  The doctor was stitching the lady’s
arm with a needle and thread as she sat in a chair clutching tightly to a half
gone glass of beer.
    “All
done,” the doctor said, now dabbing at the wound with a cloth.  The lady winced
and then swiping at her tears, she looked up at me and cried, “Now who the hell
are you?”
    Before
I could answer, she made a move for the gun which lay on the table next to a
pile of bloody cloth.  The doctor reached for it quicker and snatched it from
her grasp, tossing it to me.  I removed all the bullets from the chamber and
then pocketed them, putting the useless pistol upon the kitchen counter.
    “Give
that back!”  She ordered, pulling away from the doctor and rising unsteadily to
her feet.
    “No,
you don’t, Katie,” the doctor declared, pushing her back down.  “No more
playing with guns for you.”
    “My
playing with guns saved your life, Jerry.”  She spat angrily, and then turning
back to me, she waited for an