Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 16
And she was ... pretty.
Oh ... not the beauty of the Damsels or even the Caretakers ... on Earth she was a babe ... the ideal that Earth women strive to reach and fail ... here, she measured up. On Cassandra she was an orphan ... given up as a failure ... passable ... but not. Here, her little imperfections made her exotic.
Yup ... Cassie wasn’t going anywhere. Already courted by Naval Officers and lusted after by Sheiks and Princes ... on Earth, Cassie Flintkote knew her worth. A million bucks already bid. Pretty good for 16.
There was a little disturbance at the mirror. A shimmering and then a dark hall appeared. The dark hall was not the white hall of the boat portal, nor the bank vault portal from Chaos to Crossroads.
The Powers came marching separately through the Portal. Mary was first, the others followed.
Mary said, “Mom, you HAVE to fix your portals. The Flintkotes have three and maybe four ... you won’t believe where we’ve been.”
“Daddy!” exclaimed Tyche. And sure enough, JW and Billy came marching right behind One.
“Well ... that was an adventure,” said JW.
Billy added, “And not one I want to repeat.”
“TSK!” exclaimed JW when he saw her.”
“TSK?” Tyche queried.
“Tyche Selene flintKote. TSK.” JW explained. “Billy thought it suited you.” He grinned at his daughter, “I thought it fit.”
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