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“All quiet, my lord,” he said.
I got up from my desk and felt far more relaxed in his presence than with Slak.
“How is the recruit training going?” I said.
Discussing everyday activities in the palace always held interest for me. Hundreds of lives passed in and out of the palace without my knowledge, all for my benefit, and yet, I very rarely saw them.
“Very well, Your Grace,” Garrick said. “You’re more than welcome to inspect them.”
“If I inspect them, I would end up fighting,” I said.
“Not one of them would dare lay a hand on you.”
I arched an eyebrow at him.
“Then maybe I’ll go in disguise,” I said.
“Not under my watch, sir,” he said disdainfully.
“Then maybe I’ll go while you are sleeping.”
Garrick stiffened. I always enjoyed winding him up. He was so stiff and regimented I really couldn’t imagine him doing anything other than the job he did.
I placed a hand on his arm.
“Don’t worry, I won’t take any unnecessary risks,” I said.
But rather than take any comfort from my words, frown lines deepened on his already wrinkled face.
“What’s wrong?” I said.
Garrick snapped to attention. His mind was elsewhere.
“Nothing, Sire,” he said.
The chief losing his attention for any amount of time was highly unusual. His was an iron will, his focus second to none. Something must be troubling him.
“What is it?” I said.
Garrick peered at me and his shoulders relaxed.
“Really, it’s nothing, Your Grace,” he said. “Only my instincts playing games with me again.”
“What are your instincts telling you?” I said.
He eyed me, unsure if he should share it.
“It’s nothing, Your Grace,” he said. “I probably just ate something that disagreed with me.”
But his expression said otherwise. He was troubled by something.
“You think something bad is about to happen?” I said.
He nodded.
“Do you have any idea what?” I said.
Garrick never worried about nothing. More than once, his instincts had picked up on something, and within a few hours, something terrible did happen. Some people were more sensitive to the galaxy’s stirrings, I guess.
