Bloodlord (Soulguard Book 3) Read Online Free Page A
Author: Christopher Woods
you might say. During first Kansas, he'd lost his arm from the elbow down and his left leg from the knee down. I had helped him build a shield prosthesis for both. I had lit up his aura and Soulstream while he designed a very intricate shield to replace both lost appendages.
His invisible hand he kept inside a glove so as not to freak out everyone around him. His hand gripped mine to my astonishment. It felt as normal as anyone's hand inside a glove. Maybe a little more solid, since the shield was harder than flesh would have been. What astonished me was the movement as he gripped my hand.
"That's impressive," I said, "You've got almost flawless mobility in the hand."
"It's like I was a child and learnin' to use the hand again. This time with mental nerves instead of physical," He said with a grin, "I still lose the mobility if there's too much goin on around me, but I'm getting better at it every day."
"I'm glad to hear that, Ivan," I said, "How are things goin on your front?"
"Looks like the AC-130 is comin back, Boss," He said, "It was on a decline for years because there wasn't many places it could be used to its potential. Then you come along and give it a purpose again. You just gotta love these beasts."
"I liked the looks of em from the moment I first saw one," I said, "Speakin of which, have the new ones shown up yet? I need to do shields on em as soon as they get here."
"Saturday, they should be here."
"Good, I want as many of these things ready to go as we can get. I may not have the time to put shields on every one of em that the country has, but I want to shield as many as we can. I wish we could have come up with something a little simpler so that me and Lyr wouldn't have to do each one."
The air strip we had been using had grown quite a bit. At Second Kansas, there had been three AC-130s with Mages inside to imbue the weapons. We now had thirty five of them. Five were always kept crewed and ready at a moment's notice. There were also a bunch of assault helicopters, I couldn't remember what they were called but they had, what looked like a huge multi-barrel gun on the nose. I hadn't found a way to shield helos yet. They have too many parts that need to be free to move.
There were jets as well but, I was afraid to mess with the aerodynamics of something that fast. The jets would be used to drop all sorts of goodies into the middle of the next Demon horde that poked its nose out of the Kansas gate.
"It would be nice," he said, "but we play the cards we're dealt, Boss."
"So, I have a little good news for ya, buddy," I said, "She probably doesn't even know it yet, but Gina is about to get transferred back here. She's done great at her first post in LA."
I saw the joy roll through his aura. I also saw a memory of Ivan buying a ring and I smiled. That's one of the things that we have in common, amongst a few other things. We had both found the woman that completes us. He and Gina had been together from the moment she had gone home with him from the Hooters in Wichita. She had spent the last six months stationed in LA, though.
Due to the amount of new Soulguards, they would circulate through the posts much faster than we did when I was given my first post. I spent eight years in Knoxville as my first post. Now they do their first posting for six months before being transferred to a more permanent station.
"That's the best news I've heard all week," he said, "I have a little surprise for her when she gets back."
"I bet you do," I said with a grin.
He looked at me with one eyebrow raised, "You been peekin'?"
He tapped the side of his head.
"Couldn't help it," I said, "you thought about it as soon as I said her name."
"Thank God she can't do that, I wouldn't ever get to surprise her with anything," He said, "How do you ever surprise Lyrica?"
"I never plan in advance," I said, "Surprises her all the time."
He laughed aloud.
"I've noticed that about ya, Boss. The good side is that the enemy won't figure
His invisible hand he kept inside a glove so as not to freak out everyone around him. His hand gripped mine to my astonishment. It felt as normal as anyone's hand inside a glove. Maybe a little more solid, since the shield was harder than flesh would have been. What astonished me was the movement as he gripped my hand.
"That's impressive," I said, "You've got almost flawless mobility in the hand."
"It's like I was a child and learnin' to use the hand again. This time with mental nerves instead of physical," He said with a grin, "I still lose the mobility if there's too much goin on around me, but I'm getting better at it every day."
"I'm glad to hear that, Ivan," I said, "How are things goin on your front?"
"Looks like the AC-130 is comin back, Boss," He said, "It was on a decline for years because there wasn't many places it could be used to its potential. Then you come along and give it a purpose again. You just gotta love these beasts."
"I liked the looks of em from the moment I first saw one," I said, "Speakin of which, have the new ones shown up yet? I need to do shields on em as soon as they get here."
"Saturday, they should be here."
"Good, I want as many of these things ready to go as we can get. I may not have the time to put shields on every one of em that the country has, but I want to shield as many as we can. I wish we could have come up with something a little simpler so that me and Lyr wouldn't have to do each one."
The air strip we had been using had grown quite a bit. At Second Kansas, there had been three AC-130s with Mages inside to imbue the weapons. We now had thirty five of them. Five were always kept crewed and ready at a moment's notice. There were also a bunch of assault helicopters, I couldn't remember what they were called but they had, what looked like a huge multi-barrel gun on the nose. I hadn't found a way to shield helos yet. They have too many parts that need to be free to move.
There were jets as well but, I was afraid to mess with the aerodynamics of something that fast. The jets would be used to drop all sorts of goodies into the middle of the next Demon horde that poked its nose out of the Kansas gate.
"It would be nice," he said, "but we play the cards we're dealt, Boss."
"So, I have a little good news for ya, buddy," I said, "She probably doesn't even know it yet, but Gina is about to get transferred back here. She's done great at her first post in LA."
I saw the joy roll through his aura. I also saw a memory of Ivan buying a ring and I smiled. That's one of the things that we have in common, amongst a few other things. We had both found the woman that completes us. He and Gina had been together from the moment she had gone home with him from the Hooters in Wichita. She had spent the last six months stationed in LA, though.
Due to the amount of new Soulguards, they would circulate through the posts much faster than we did when I was given my first post. I spent eight years in Knoxville as my first post. Now they do their first posting for six months before being transferred to a more permanent station.
"That's the best news I've heard all week," he said, "I have a little surprise for her when she gets back."
"I bet you do," I said with a grin.
He looked at me with one eyebrow raised, "You been peekin'?"
He tapped the side of his head.
"Couldn't help it," I said, "you thought about it as soon as I said her name."
"Thank God she can't do that, I wouldn't ever get to surprise her with anything," He said, "How do you ever surprise Lyrica?"
"I never plan in advance," I said, "Surprises her all the time."
He laughed aloud.
"I've noticed that about ya, Boss. The good side is that the enemy won't figure
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