Galactic Empire Wars: Insurrection (The Galactic Empire Wars Book 5) by Raymond L. Weil Read Free Book Online Page B

with my sausage pizza.”
    “What did you order?” Lauren asked Casey,
looking curiously at her plate.
    “Pasta Primavera,” Casey answered. “It’s
vegetables with a really tasty sauce. I’ve had it before and it tastes
wonderful.”
    Juan shook his head at the two girls. “I’m
with Alexander. Pizza for me.”
    Casey looked next to her at Ryan. “What did
you order?”
    “Spaghetti and meatballs,” he said with a
grin as a waiter came over to the table and set a large steaming plate of
spaghetti in front of him. “I haven’t had any since we were home and Mom cooked
some.” There was a small plate of garlic bread in front of Ryan, and he reached
out and picked up a slice.
    Casey nodded. She well remembered that trip
to Vesta. She had gotten to see Wade and Beth’s new baby and even hold it. She’d
been amazed at how small and delicate the child was. It had been a wonderful
trip and one she would always remember.
     “I spoke to my brother earlier,” Autumn
said as she took a bite of her food. “He says they’ve nearly cleaned up the
debris from the Kleese bombing of Mars Central and are even talking about
rebuilding the city.”
    “I hope they do,” Ryan answered as he used
his fork and spoon to swirl his spaghetti into a manageable bite. “We lost a
lot of people when the Kleese hit Mars; it’s good to see it getting back to
normal.”
    They continued to talk throughout the meal
and then afterward took a long walk through the downtown area of the city. It
was amazing what had been done beneath the large dome. It was like walking in
one of the old cities on Earth except there was no pollution or loud noises. They
only saw a few walls with angry comments about clones but those were few and
far between. Nothing like the riot Casey and Lauren had once been exposed to that
time they were shopping.
    -
    A few hours
later they returned to the hotel they were all staying in. Ryan and Casey excused
themselves from the others, who were having a drink in the small club on the ground
floor and went up to their room. It didn’t take Casey long to change into the lingerie
Lauren had helped her pick out.
    Casey posed in
front of the full-length mirror in the bathroom, eyeing her figure critically.
This sure doesn’t hide much, she thought as she turned various ways to see how
she looked, hoping Ryan would approve. She wasn’t near as innocent and naive
about sex as she once had been. Lauren had made sure of that. She was
constantly giving her suggestions of things to do with Ryan. One thing Casey had
learned was that Lauren had a really good imagination.
    Stepping back
into the bedroom where Ryan was she saw his eyes light up upon seeing her. She
felt slightly embarrassed as his eyes moved up and down her body. Getting up,
he took her in his arms and kissed her deeply, his hands pulling her close.
    Moments later,
they tumbled onto the bed still entwined in a lover’s embrace. Yes, Casey thought
happily. I think he likes this outfit.
    -
    Colonel
Winfrey was on board the troop assault ship Defender . The Defender was one thousand meters in length, two hundred meters wide, with a height of
one hundred eighty meters. She was fully able to manage a full combat drop on
an alien world and her Command Center was capable of commanding the entire operation.
    “Welcome
aboard,” Commander Greer said as Dylan entered.
    “Glad to be
here, Commander,” Dylan responded. “Are we ready to get underway?”
    “The last of
the Marines and their equipment will be on board by 07:00 in the morning,”
Greer replied. “The ship is fully supplied and ready for a long term
deployment.”
    “I understand
the Defender has been equipped with the new multiple warhead subspace missiles.”
    Greer nodded
his head. “Yes, we have eight missile tubes and they’ve all been modified to
handle the new missile. I wish we had a plasma cannon like the new heavy
battlecruisers, but the engineers don’t think it’s necessary.”
    “At