Space Knights: The Arrival by Gregory Samuelson (buy e reader .TXT) 📕

patent leather shoes a little before heading back out to the living room to wait for Corena.

Trance’s parents had gotten ready to go to the dance as well and they really looked nice dressed up and standing next to each other. Sammy had on a suit also, though he didn’t look very pleased to be dressed up. Heather looked very pretty in her soft pink gown and her hair styled rather fashionably.

Kyle looked dashing in his dress uniform consisting of a pure white long-sleeved shirt with a hunter green surcoat with a gold fox embroidered on the front and his badges with his rank emblems. He was also wearing hunter green pants and boots as well as a violet sash tied around his waist as a belt. Under the sash he wore his dagger in its sheath. His hair looked neat and overall he was a rather handsome young man.

The family gathered in the living room and they were making sure that they were all ready to go when there was a knock on the door. Sammy started to giggle at Trance who was turning pink. Mr. Sonderson opened the door and greeted the royal family in the hall.

“Good evening,” said Mr. Sonderson as he extended his hand to King Maximus.

“Good evening,” replied the King, taking Mr. Sonderson’s hand. He stepped aside to allow the Sondersons to step into the hall. Trance looked around and saw the Golden Griffins standing in their dress uniforms a little way off so they could follow the royal family to the dance. His eyes then took in the King and Queen in their royal best, and young Prince Mixim looking mischievous in his royal blue suit. Finally he saw Corena in a gorgeous velvet gown of deep purple with short split sleeves. She was so stunning that for a few moments Trance couldn’t think of anything but how beautiful she was.

Almost shyly he stepped closer to her and greeted her, “You look absolutely beautiful.” He moved to take her arm and turned toward the elevator, followed by both families and their escort. Trance blushed more as Sammy chided him.

“You look very handsome tonight,” Corena said very happily as she clung to Trance’s arm. She was rather enjoying herself. She had really taken time to get herself ready for the dance and to look as stunning to Trance as she could. She could tell from his expression that her efforts had paid off.

The elevators arrived and Major Marlett divided their group to go down in the elevators so that there were some of the Golden Griffins in each elevator with the royal family and then with the Sonderson family. In just a few minutes everyone was down and headed for the hotel’s doors and to their awaiting coaches.

As Trance looked around he saw a great number of people look in their direction and watch them pass. He caught sight of some of the other boys from other schools look on rather enviously at him as he was walking arm in arm with Corena and with the royal family of the kingdom of Cator on Althora.

Once outside her escort approached Heather, and she went off with him and rode to the dance with his family. Meanwhile the royal family was helped into their coach and joined by Trance and one of the Golden Griffins, who sat next to the driver. Trance’s family got into their own coach, and the other Golden Griffins had their own coach. In mere moments they were off toward the royal palace of Caldar for the dance.

Trance was a little nervous sitting next to Corena in her stunning gown and across from the King and Queen. Here he sat in a royal coach for the first time ever and he was fascinated by what it contained. It was elaborately furnished. The seats were very comfortable and covered in burgundy velvet. There was a rather small refrigerator that contained some snacks and cold drinks, a small bar with a shelf with little bottles of alcohol and glasses, a mini-icemaker, and a small oven. The walls of the coach were very elegant and sharply detailed. The images on the coach’s walls depicted kings and queens, princes and princesses from the past.

King Maximus smiled warmly at him and offered a cold drink. Trance accepted and opened his drink, which was a lightly carbonated beverage that tasted like grape juice. Corena also got a drink as well as Prince Mixim. They all sat back as the driver got the robot horses pulling the coach off to the dance. Trance looked out and could just make out his family’s coach coming along behind them. He could see that Kyle was driving.

Fourteen minutes later the coach was pulling up to a royal palace. Trance looked out the window next to him and saw a host of coaches in front of the building and a crowd of people getting out of the coaches, gathering about and making their way to the doors. The driver got down and opened the door. King Maximus got out first and helped Queen Kayna out. Then Trance stepped out and offered his hand to help Corena out of the coach. Prince Mixim climbed out last and didn’t look very pleased to be the last out of the coach.

A short ways away came up the coach with the Golden Griffins. The troop disembarked from their coach and quickly moved up to guard the royal family. Trance looked back and saw his family pull up and start getting out. He smiled brightly as a familiar feminine arm took his and he looked into Corena’s beautiful face. They turned and followed the King and their bodyguard toward the doors.

At the door they were greeted by a greeting party, which included a Duke from the host kingdom on Caldar. King Maximus and his family and escort of Golden Griffins and Trance were introduced. Trance looked around and saw that they were being watched by almost everyone in the