The Days of the Golden Moons (The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 5) (25 page)

“Come
on, let's dance a little,” Katie said.  “We'll go really slowly so even you can
keep up.”

“No,”
HIM replied.  “Wave goodbye.  Let's go to bed.”

“Are
you tired?”

“No,
but I don't like dancing.  I want to go to bed.”

“Dancing
is fun,” Katie insisted, pulling him toward the floor.  “Just for a minute?” 
She put her hand on his shoulder and placed his arm around her waist.  “Now
I'll lead to start with until you get the rhythm.”  She looked down at his
feet.  “You're not wearing shoes.  How can you dance if you don't have shoes
on?”

“Damn!
 I can't dance because I don't have shoes.  We shall have to leave instead.” 

“I'm
going to teach you how to dance,” Katie persisted.  “Shoes or no shoes.  Now
step with me, one two three.”

“Why
are you leading?  I thought I was the Emperor.”

“Ha
ha, very funny,” she laughed.  “One two three, see you're getting it!”

All
of a sudden, a huge gust of wind blew across the terrace and extinguished all
the candles.  Immediately, after that, a cloud covered the moons and it began
to rain.

“Damn!”
HIM said again.  “I guess the dance is over.”

“Now
stop that,” Katie cried.  “You're ruining my party.  All I asked for is one
dance and then…”  She pulled his head down and whispered in his ear.

“Oh? 
Alright then.”  He waved his hand.  All the candles flared up, and rain
stopped.  The band started a new song.

“Actually,
I do know how to dance,” HIM said, twirling Katie around.  She gasped in
surprise.   “Look how well Berkie dances.  I could dance as well as he if I had
a decent leg.  How many endless hours of dancing lessons did we have, Berkie?”

“Thousands,
Sir.”  Berkan waltzed past them.

“Can
I lead now?”  HIM spun Katie again.

“I
seem to remember that Berkie was the only one dancing during those lessons,”
Taner interrupted, waltzing by with Caroline.  “Do you recall, Berkie, if Senya
was dancing, or was he pouting in a chair most of the time?”

“He
was pouting in a chair all of the time,” Berkan reported.  “While I danced for
hours with that nasty woman.  I don't believe he ever danced with her once.”

“Well,
I never wore a ridiculous bow tie either,” HIM retorted, dipping Katie back.

“At
least I had shoes on.  Shoes and a bow tie,” Berkan told Luci.

“I
bet you looked adorable,” Luci said.

“Katie
and I used to go dancing all the time,” Caroline said.  “We had a disco on
board the ship and spent practically every Saturday night there.  Remember, Jerry?”

“I
do,” Jerry replied.  “Katie is a great dancer.”

“Thank
you, Jerry,” Katie giggled coming back up for air.

“What
about thank you, Senya?” HIM asked.

“Thank
you for the dance, Senya,” Katie said, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“You're
welcome,” he replied and the song ended.  Before another one began, HIM took
Katie’s hand and headed toward the steps down to the beach.

“Have
you got a cig, Taner?” he called over his shoulder.

“Sorry,
Sir,” Taner replied.  “I gave up smoking.  Heart issues, you know.”

“I’ll
use mine then.”  HIM held a cigarette in his hand.  He curled his fist and now
there was a ball of silver light.  With a flick, he tossed it into the evening
sky.  The ball soared up like a bolt of lightning in reverse, breaking apart
the clouds and letting a billion stars shine through.  Then it became a comet
shooting among the stars and exploding into a million multi-colored sparks of
light like a great pyrotechnic rocket.  A rainbow of light hung there in the
sky flickering and shining down upon us, illuminating the whole Universe.

“Wow!”
we gasped breathlessly gazing at the sky.

“You
did it again, Senya,” Taner said.

“I
have indeed," Senya replied.  "In more ways than you shall ever
know."  As he and Katie disappeared down the steps and around the corner
of the building, I could have sworn I saw a halo of silver light encircling
them.

"Do
you see that?" I asked Tim.

"What?"

"That…that." 
I pointed at nothing.  "Never mind.  Maybe I've had too much to
drink."

“Would
you care to dance, Dr. Mattson?” Tim asked, rising from his seat and holding
out his hand.

“I
would love to, Admiral,” I replied.  The orchestra resumed playing and the
dance floor filled up again as I took my husband’s hand and together, we danced
the night away under the stars and two moons of Rehnor
.

The adventure continues
in

Golden's
Quest

The Two
Moons of Rehnor, Book 6.

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