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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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. The plants appeared to be thriving in their disciplined, constrained environment, perhaps because of the care lavished on them.
This patio had come to be a favorite sanctuary for the royal couple. Very few people were permitted entry---only those considered close friends.
"We hope you don't mind the informal setting," Dion said, smiling and rising to his feet, as he always did when in Dixter's presence.
"On the contrary, I am honored," the Lord Admiral responded.
Tusk glanced around, sniffed the air. "That smell, the sage. Always reminds me of that night on Syrac Seven. The night Sagan came after you, kid. I mean--Your Majesty."
"The night you sat on my chest and slammed my head into the dirt," Dion recalled, smiling.
"Had to keep you quiet. You would have gotten us both killed. Well, maybe just one of us." Tusk shook his head. "Sagan wouldn't have killed you, at any rate. Not that we knew that at the time. We didn't know much of anything. Sort of like now."
Dion appeared somewhat startled at this off-the-wall remark, waited for Tusk to explain himself.
Tusk raised his eyebrows, cast a significant glance at Dixter, then walked over to investigate the sage.
Further perplexed, Dion turned to the Lord Admiral. But Dixter was talking to the queen. "It's good to see you, my lord." Astarte was widely acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful women in the galaxy and her pregnancy had added to her beauty, not detracted
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