Page 61 of Battling Bright
Chapter Eight
Monday morning, shemade her confirmation calls to the venue for the gala, the special desserts, videographer, and the DJ, as well as the live singer that had been requested by the commander who had control of the agents.The singer had a lovely, sultry voice, and she was going to arrive early on Thursday for a soundcheck.
Her mold maker was already at work making vacuum molds for the event on Saturday.
Krys went through the new recruitment posters and smiled at the ones that were aimed at female recruitment.The woman on the poster was sweaty, had shifter canines in a fierce grin, and was kickboxing in an XIA sports bra and leggings.
Other images of the same woman in the different tasks of the XIA.Driving, attending accidents, comforting those injured, and wrangling drunks.A male depicted the same images, and they looked really different.
The XIA were about to have a baby boom.Time to get some fresh blood into the uniform.
Krys got the images ready and sent them to the administration for authorization.The ad campaign was set to roll out in ten days, and then she and other volunteers from the different teams would be going to colleges in the area and promote enrollment into the XIA.She probably should have mentioned that to Reynal.
When her watch chirped, she smiled and tidied her desk.She had a quick visit with the happy couple, but that wouldn’t be until later.Her new phone was in her purse, collecting emails.Reynal wasn’t wrong about her possibly needing an assistant.Maybe Sable wanted extra duties.She didn’t need to sleep and had a great phone voice.
Voice.The singer’s voice.It wasn’t Sable’s, but it was astonishingly easy to listen to.Where had she heard that voice before?
She walked past the boardroom, and Miika was there.“Hey, Miika, how is recruitment going?”
“It’s a bit embarrassing being one of the faces of the campaign, but my mom is super proud.”Miika chuckled.“She leaves me a voicemail to that effect every morning.”
“My mom used to do things like that.”
Miika laughed.“I doubt they were like this.”
Miika, my love, I want you to kick ass, take names, and duck when you are fighting minotaurs.They can’t see down that well.Get up, over their heads, sit on their necks, and grab their nose for control.Snotty but effective.Go team!
Miika chuckled.“She leaves a different message for a different species or race every single day.She’s not wrong.It works if you have enough power to get you behind the horns.”
Krys stared.“That voice.Miika, does your mom sing?”
“Yeah.She’s singing at the gala as a tribute for Neekil.They used to be partners on the job.”
Krys blinked.“What?I thought it was all Kaerik and Emmers.”
“Nope.Until they made things into threesomes, they just split them along compatibility lines.Mom’s one of Neekil’s great nieces via his mom’s family, way back.They got along really well.”
Krys was still reeling.“Neekil’s niece?Did she...is she...are you coming to the wedding?”
“I don’t think so.I don’t think he knows we are back in town.”
“We?How many we?”
