The hivemind is conquering for me?

Hailey had been watching Apollo since he arrived at the event. She felt a huge wave of relief wash over her when he actually arrived as she thought she may have come for nothing. What she had not expected was how intimate her aunt was with him.

She knew her aunt was forward in her desires, but to go after her future husband? That crossed a line. Hailey continued to observe the party for a while. She was glad everyone was getting drunk, it would help people not to recognise her, she also noticed her life giver was extremely drunk which was just perfect.

Bringing her attention back to Apollo, He and that old cow Valerica seemed to be drinking the strong stuff at a quick pace. Considering Kathrine just left after clearly not enjoying her drink, Hailey was going to go over now and 'acquire' Apollo for herself, but just then a handmaiden that was accompanying Elaine earlier began making conversation with Apollo.

Hailey watched curiously for a few minutes before the woman left. She wondered if her step mother asked the handmaid to go talk to Apollo, or if it was just coincidence. Either way, she missed her shot as Kathrine walked back over and was wrapped in a hug from behind by Apollo.

Seeing this, Hailey accidentally ripped off a piece of marble from the column she was holding in anger. She thought she had finally got her opening when Kathrine walked away again, but Apollo followed after her.

Seeing them come back only moment afterwards and Kathrine having a lovestruck look on her face as Apollo led them to the dance floor, Hailey could not keep hidden anymore. 'He was supposed to dance with me!' She declared as her fantasy was collapsing. Saying screw it to proper timing, she decided now she would intervene.

She began walking through the event with hastened pace, determined to talk to Apollo, but as she got closer, her demeanour changed and she became timid. Despite her new timid nature, she still pushed forward and tapped Apollo on the shoulder, just as he was about to reach the dance floor.

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Feeling a tap on my shoulder I turn around and was surprised to see someone I actually recognised at this event. "Hailey?" I questioned, but what confirmed it was Kathrine squealing in delight as she let go of my hand and brought Hailey into a hug.

"Oh my love heart, I knew you would come. I have been looking for you since the start, were you nervous to show yourself after being out of all this for a few years?" Kathrine said lovingly, causing all the jealousy Hailey was previously feeling to be washed away in the comfort of her aunt.

"You know me so well Auntie, I was hiding away waiting until everyone was drunk. Seeing the two of you heading to the dancefloor, I thought now would be the perfect time to come over."

Kathrine looked around as she listened to Hailey, upon not seeing someone she expected to see, she questioned. "Hailey, do you not have a guard with you? As pri-" She was cut off by Hailey with a "Shhh!" Before looking at Apollo with a smile. "Apollo, forgive me a moment, but could auntie and I have a few private words? I am sorry for the inconvenience."

Looking between the two of them, there body language suggested the needed to talk about a private matter. With a smile, I replied. "Sure no problem, I could use more fresh air, I will be on the private balcony you ran off to a moment ago." I said as I turned and walked away.

Arriving at the balcony, it was currently barren as everyone was inside enjoying themselves. I took the moment of peace to take a sip of my drink and look out onto the cityscape in front of me.

'There is something peaceful and yet jarring about all those millions of lives down there. I wonder how Jewel will fare invading such a planet where all its residence have military knowledge and own at least one weapon inside there homes.'

As I grew deep in my thoughts, I was unaware of a couple of individuals sitting calmly on the roof above me. Looking down at the man below him, The man sitting with a grizzled face in his mid 50s felt like he recognised the balcony intruder.

Turning to his assistant, he whispered. "Jocasta, does that man look familiar to you?" The woman more machine than flesh at this point looked to where she was instructed and instantly replied. Read new chapters at m_v-l'e|-NovelBin.net

"Yes your grace, That man Is Apollo Lambdason, you placed him on your list a short while ago. The sword on his hip further confirms his identity as It is the same one that pierced through the Phobos' skull in the video report."

"Hmm." Sigismund thought for a moment. He was on a considerable amount of prescribed drugs for this event to keep his mood neutral, but still needed some time for them to fully kick in and to be able to interact with shit head political nobles, which is why he fled from his honour guard.

"Talking with a fellow warrior may be a good starting point for the evening, join me Jocasta." Sigismund said before jumping off the roof and landed a few meters away from Apollo.

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As I was looking out towards the city, still deep in thought, I suddenly felt an incredibly strong Psionic presence next to me. Looking to my left, a man was suddenly stood there with his arms outstretched upwards.

Following his eyeline, I was just intime to see a woman being caught in his arms to dampen her fall, however, as she made contact with the ground, it still cracked from the impact. Looking back up towards where they fell from, I felt the need to ask. "So are you guys guests or some sort of infiltrators? I don't really know how to react to random people falling from the sky."

Jocasta was about to respond stating who exactly they were, but Sigismund stopped her by speaking first. "Don't worry yourself young warrior. We are guests, we just aren't ready to deal with the rabble in there. We were sitting together up there and noticed you by yourself, are you not enjoying the party?"

The man in front of me looked genuinely interested in what I had to say so I turned away from the city to give him my full attention. "Oh, yes the party is pretty fun. Not my usual thing, but I enjoy trying new things. I'm out here because my date's niece arrived and they are catching up, hey are you a Techno mechanic?" I veered into a new conversation noticing the robes and augments of the women next to the man.

The woman was surprised to be called on, people are usually in awe of her graces Psionic might and tend to ignore her. Fortunately her voice was modulated and nothing could get caught in her throat to show her surprise.

"Yes I am a techno mechanic child, I have augmented my body 80.763142% With Spartari sanctioned augmentations to better aid in my capabilities to the empire. Why do you ask young one?"

"Oh, its nothing really, It is just I have a friend who is going to join the college when the recruitment re opens to train to become a techno mechanic. Hey, Is it true that toasters are as amazing as my friend says they are? Whenever I have spoken to him about machines, he raves about how interesting toasters are in conversations."

The woman in front of me made a strange series of beeps from her modulator before she moved so fast that even augmented, I could not react. She then picked me up like a prized possession before staring at me with wide eyes.

"Finally! Someone who understands! Toasters are amazing! They have so many secrets about technology to share and they are so funny! Who is this person you speak of, I must take him as my apprentice! Only one as modified as myself could understand the greatness of toasters!"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The man accompanying the techno mechanic had his mouth agape at what he had just witnessed. As we made eye contact, he suddenly began bursting with laughter that moved his entire being.

Upon realising what she had just done, Jocasta put me down and patted me on the head. "Forgive me young one, I grew excited to meet a kindred spirit and could not control my emotions, please tell me the name of this person so I might scalp him for myself after his training."

After giving away Ronnie's information like some prize, The techno mechanic was thrilled to find out that the other toaster lover had yet to undergo any augmentations and actually had an innate Psionic power that allowed him to talk to machinery.

"He shall be my greatest pupil yet! Forgive me I need to start drafting lesson plan." She said before her eyes seemed to fog over, now totally oblivious to our presence.