Chrono Inquisitor (Gods Be Damned) by Rien Reigns Read Free Book Online Page A

won’t it give Travis the chance to warn him?”
    “If he does, we’ll know about it, and he’ll seal both their fates.”
    “There is a problem with your plan though,” Frank said.
    “And what would that be Mr. Grenadier?”
    “You’ve had me send Travis to a place where personal matters might conflict with his job.”
    The cyborg in white smiled, which was disturbing. “We are fully aware of the matter.”

 
    4 : Shady My Ass
     
    Exiting the diner, I was once again struck by the sun. Someday I’d remember to properly deflect its blows. I paused, closed my eyes, reached into compartment 19, and pulled out my aɪ-ware . My custom pair of polarized photochromic computer lenses, a more mobile visual interface, as opposed to the cube. I put them on.
    With my digital eyes activated and the sun knocked down a few shades to match my own disposition, I looked around, not having been in this part of the city before today.
    I wasn’t impressed.
    These old cities should just be torn down and harvested for resources. They were such a fucking eyesore. Gods, they couldn’t even keep up with fresh coats of paint. Or patch the cracks in the façades. Why the hell didn’t the people just move to DenverMega already? They’d have been better off, and this shithole city could have returned to mother nature.
    I was glad my new assignment was taking me away from this gods forsaken place. Question was, where was I going?
    “Kali, what is the #2 resort on this continent?”
    ‹ That would be The Regency . ›
    That name. I knew it somehow, and it wasn’t just because of its status.
    “Kali, why does that sound so familiar?”
    ‹ It is probably because that was the resort Sam’s firm was working on when the two of you parted ways . ›
    Damn it, I think I’ve been set up.
    “Kali, what is the likelihood of me running into Sam during this assignment?”
    ‹ It is almost a certainty. Sam is a shareholder of the resort and maintains a permanent residence there. Her firm has also been working with Mr. Beit’s on the design of the new capital, of which The Regency is hosting the conference of its public unveiling this week . ›
    Damn it, Frank. What the hell are you up to?
    Just when I was going to have Kali contact Frank to tell him the charade was up, I got distracted by a beauty to behold.
    She easily stood out among the several dozen citizens who were mulling about, going to and fro, undertaking the various menial errands of their everyday lives.
    Every single one of them was trying so hard to look different from anyone else, with all of them together, it was a damn eyesore. With all their colors and insane styles of dressing, it was like an ugly painting brought to life. Half of them were in costumes of sorts. I couldn’t recall when the practice had become fashionable. Halloween was practically every day. Just without the candy and tricks.
    Most were unworthy of even a glance, but one woman in particular drew my attention. So much so, I removed my shades just so I could see her better.
    She was the perfect proportions of thin, athletic, and yet still curvy enough with some meat on her bones. She wore sandals and a long white linen skirt which waved in the wind as she walked. Nothing adorned her above the waist save a silver necklace, hanging between her bare breasts. Her long, curly, reddish blonde hair trailed behind her, and in the reflected sunlight her hair looked like fire dancing on a beach at sunset. The tips of her locks were like fingers composed of flame, enticing and beckoning a person to follow.
    She was the epitome of an urban nymph - those women who lure men, and other women, into their domain and take those poor wayward souls for all they’re worth. She radiated sensuality and I gave half a mind to follow her.
    I was instantly hard. It’d been days since I’d had a good fuck.
    I stood there, just outside the diner, staring as she continued on down the road. It wasn’t until she turned a corner