Katieran Prime 4 - Kiljorn Prime (5 page)

Lindsey sat with Prime Leader RendEL, Prime Commander KydEL, and the Katieran High Council as they waited for the EWG members to arrive. If things worked out, McCormick would be heading back to Earth on the next transport ship without having any contact with Cassie at all.

“I welcome all of you again who have traveled here to Katiera. On behalf of the Katieran Nation, I would like to extend congratulations on the success of the Earth World and Katieran Nation (EWKN) Trade Agreement. Many thanks to all those present today and to those not present who put a great deal of effort into making this agreement successful.” RendEL went on to talk about the transitions the Earth females had undertaken; going from Earth life to life on Katiera. When he was done, he introduced Lindsey.

Lindsey stood up and addressed the group. “All of you have been given a tour of the Prime City of Katiera. You were also given the opportunity to interview, randomly, some of the human women themselves regarding their life here on Katiera. We will now open up the floor for any issues or questions you would like to have addressed.”

It looked as if everything was working out as planned. There were a few grumbles about not allowing human males to come to Katiera. Lindsey was just starting to feel relaxed when one of the EWG members stood with a complaint.

“I am Senator Rowe, a representative of the Earth World Government. I feel that Prime Leader RendEL is in violation of the agreements that Katiera made with Earth,” the man’s voice was bitter.

The Senator was livid to find out his daughter had been detained by security. “I found out last evening that my daughter was wrongly accused of some ridiculous crime and was being held without trial. If I had not come on this trip, I do not know how long my daughter would have been held against her will.”

RendEL stood up, “Miss Erica Rowe has physically assaulted two people, me, and my mate. My mate is breeding and is in a delicate condition.” There were gasps throughout the room as eyes turned from RendEL to the Senator.

One of the High Council members informed the Senator that his daughter had violated the First Law of Katiera. “But … she is not Katieran; she is human … from Earth. Surely those laws don’t …”

Lindsey interrupted the Senator’s excuses. “The moment anyone from Earth steps on board a Katieran Vessel, they voluntarily become subject to Katieran Laws. NO exceptions. It is stated plainly in the EWKN Agreement.”

RendEL explained to the EWG members that Miss Rowe was moved to the Senator’s suite and was currently under house arrest. She was scheduled to return to Earth on the next available transport ship.

RendEL was asked about his mate’s condition. He informed them that she was doing much better and was getting ready for their Mating Ceremony. There was a lot of excited interest amongst the EWG members regarding the Mating Ceremony. RendEL offered the invitation to the EWG members to attend the Mating Ceremony. When pressed for the name of the woman the Prime Leader was going to be mating, RendEL announced that it was Cassandra Tomlin, which brought the attention of Scott McCormick.

To say that McCormick was shocked to learn that Cassie was on Katiera was an understatement. He requested to meet with her. When he discovered that she was still pregnant, he went ballistic. He, along with Senator Rowe and the Senator’s daughter attempted to kidnap Cassie. Thank goodness, his plans were thwarted. No telling what harm they could have caused. Cassie was rescued with the assistance of the Kiljorns. The Kiljorns were another alien nation the Katierans were in the middle of negotiations to form an alliance against a common enemy, the Morins.

However, out of all the chaos, two, beautiful little girls were born on Katiera—the first children born on the planet in almost twenty years. While waiting for the twins to come into the world, Lindsey was introduced to the Kiljorn Prime Leader KadEN.

Prime Leader KadEN looked across the room in the Medic Wing. “I’ve been introduced to Captain Malone and to your mother and cousin. May I ask who the other female is? She is not Katieran.”

Prime Commander KydEL looked over at Lindsey and smiled a fond smile. “No, she is from Earth, the same as Captain Malone. She is our Legal Advisor for Earth Relations.”

“Her name?” KadEN asked with his eyes still locked on the female with the golden brown hair.

“Lindsey Carreli,” Kyd answered.

Lindsey
. KadEN whispered her name in his head. She was a beautiful female. He wanted to get closer to see the exact color of her eyes. They were so strange with those black pupils.

KadEN took it upon himself to cross the distance and introduce himself. “Hello, I am Prime Leader KadEN of the Kiljorn Nation.”

He reached out his arm. Lindsey had been caught off guard by the gorgeous man before her that she forgot about their forearm clasping tradition, she, instead, extended her hand to him. “Lindsey Carreli. I’m the Katieran Legal Advisor for Earth Relations.”

KadEN was shocked the female would offer her hand, but he didn’t waste any time. He took her small hand into his own much larger one. The moment the Kiljorn Prime Leader took her hand into his, Lindsey felt unbalanced. It was as if the whole world had been standing still and then suddenly at his touch, the world started spinning. It was disconcerting and unwelcome.

RendEL and Cassie had their official Mating Ceremony. Lindsey stood to the side of the reception room pretending to listen to one of the Katieran High Council Members as he went on and on about how powerful he was with his position. However, Lindsey couldn’t take her eyes off the man and woman dancing their fifth dance together.

Chapter Five

Prime Leader KadEN was the hottest guy Lindsey had ever seen. Even better looking than RendEL that was saying a lot. The bad thing was he knew it. This made him the biggest ass in her eyes. He was currently dancing with RendEL’s beautiful cousin Prima AriELa. With her long dark hair and his shorter dark hair, they were a striking pair. It made knots form in Lindsey’s stomach to look at them.

The Kiljorn Prime Leader and Kiljorn Commander had come to Katiera to begin negotiations for an alliance. The Kiljorns proposed a Royal Mating between KadEN and AriELa to seal the alliance. It was sort of like an arranged marriage. KadEN was doing his best to sweep the young woman off her feet. It was a favored match among the High Council, pretty much a done deal. So why was he constantly looking in Lindsey’s direction?

“Miss Carelli, would you like to dance?” Lindsey looked up into the beautiful, dark blue eyes of Prime Leader RendEL. Normally her heart fluttered whenever she was near the Katieran Prime Leader, but for some reason he no longer appealed to her as he once had. Maybe it was because he was mated to Cassie now. She glanced quickly over to see if KadEN was still dancing. He was but his eyes were glued on her. She shivered and turned back to RendEL.

“Where is Prima Cassie?” Lindsey didn’t want to upset the other woman. She was hoping to build a friendship with her.

“She needed to sit and take a break from dancing. She was worried that you might not have danced with anyone and asked me to come over and see if you would like to dance.”

Lindsey blushed. She had been asked by several Katieran men to dance but she wasn’t very good at dancing. She had turned them all down. It wouldn’t be a good idea to turn down her boss though. Especially since his wife had sent him over.

“I am not a very good dancer,” she admitted.

“Come, I am just learning myself. We will stumble together.” RendEL held out his hand. Lindsey laughed as she took the hand and they approached the dance floor. She could feel KadEN’s eyes on her. She felt a shiver go through her body.

They danced two slow dances. RendEL was a much better dancer than he led her to believe. He glided them across the floor with grace and ease. As he led her off the dance floor, he pulled her to a less crowded table so they could sit down.

“I wanted to talk with you about the alliance negotiations,” RendEL said.

“Okay.”

“Prime Leader KadEN has invited my cousin, AriELa, to visit Kiljor and my younger brother, Prime Medic SydEL, will be heading up a research team. I plan to send Prime Commander KydEL to ensure the safety of everyone, but to also work more on the negotiations from Kiljor. My worry is that KydEL does not have great negotiating skills. I would like for you to go with them so that you can help KydEL with the alliance.”

Lindsey was a little confused. “You want me to go to Kiljor?”

Prime Leader nodded. “You know my brother. He lacks tact when it comes to things like agreements. I need someone I can trust that will be looking at the agreement line by line, word by word. No one does that as well as you do.”

Lindsey smiled shyly. “Thank you for the kind words and vote of confidence. If you want me to go, then I will.”

“Thank you, Lindsey.” He looked over at his mate. “I think I will see if Cassie is ready to leave early.”

Lindsey laughed at the man’s obvious intention to get his wife alone. “Congratulations on your mating, Prime Leader.” It didn’t take much more prompting. RendEL stood and made his way quickly back over to his mate. He practically swept her up into his arms. Cassie giggled, and then they kissed. Lindsey sighed. She wished she could have what they had.

“May I have the honor of this dance?” A deep male voice asked from behind her, making her jump slightly in her seat. She glanced back to find Prime Leader KadEN standing there with his dark eyes on her. He held out his hand to her. She looked from his eyes down to the hand he held out to her. There was no way out of this now.

She put her hand in his and stood. The moment their skin made contact Lindsey felt a tingling sensation all throughout her body. Her nipples hardened and she felt a fluttering in her stomach. He leaned closer and took a sniff. Did he smell her arousal?
Oh, shit!

At first, they didn’t speak to one another as they began dancing. He had such strong arms. He was tall, much taller than her. He made Lindsey feel small and delicate. He held her close to his chest. His scent was of the forest right after the rain. The sent was fresh, clean, and strong. She couldn’t get enough of his smell. The smell made her a little light headed. She would be content to dance in his arms all night long.

When KadEN finally spoke, it wasn’t what she had expected him to say. “He is mated now.”

Lindsey lifted her face to look into his dark eyes. “What?”

“Prime Leader RendEL, he is mated now.”

“Yes, I was at the ceremony.”

“You will have to turn your attentions to another since he is mated.”

“Are you offering to be the one I turn to?”

“Of course not,” he denied. When she stopped dancing and started to pull out of his arms, he tightened his hold on her. He wasn’t ready to let her go. “I mean … I would be honored to receive your attentions, but I am here to discuss a possible mating with Prima AriELa.”

Story of her life. She always found herself attracted to a man that wanted someone else. She succeeded in pulling out of his arms. “I wish you luck with that, Prime Leader.” She left the ballroom with her shoulders back and head held up straight, but a heavy heart.

Chapter Six

Time seemed to fly by. Before she knew it, the day had come for Lindsey to travel with AriELa to Kiljorn. She wasn’t thrilled about leaving her father and sister behind. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” she asked her father for the fifth time.

“Honey, don’t worry about us. Prima SandELa has offered to check on us often while you are gone,” her father reassured her.

“How are you feeling? Any headaches? Nausea?”

“I feel right as rain. Those nano thingies are doing wonders.”

It was true. Ever since the Katieran Medics had inserted the nanos in her father, it was as if all his ailments had slowly disappeared. His cancer was almost non-existent—it was incredible. She was so used to worrying over his health—it was hard to stop.

“If you need me, you can request Prime Leader RendEL to contact me on board the transport.” She gave her father and sister a big hug before she picked up her bag. She headed down to landing pad eight where the shuttle awaited to take them to the Kiljorn Transport ship.

Upon boarding the shuttle, she noticed that Captain Malone was giving her the stink eye. The woman must still believe something was going on between her and Prime Commander KydEL.

The other day she had accompanied the Commander to his suite to go over a change in the itinerary for the alliance talks. Captain Malone had seen her enter the suite and assumed the worst. The Commander was to set the Captain straight but it looked like he didn’t do a good job of it. It didn’t help matters that Lindsey was sitting with the handsome Prime Commander.

The Kiljorn Commander, TylOR, was piloting the shuttle and Prime Leader KadEN was acting as co-pilot. The aisle in the middle of the shuttle divided the seats into sets of two. On one side of the aisle was her sitting with Prime Commander KydEL, Captain Malone was with Dr. Morris, and then behind them sat two more Medics. On the other side of the aisle sat Prime Medic SydEL and Prima AriELa, then Security Liaison TarAK and Lieutenant SilAS.

Lindsey couldn’t tell the difference between the Katieran Transports and the Kiljorn Transports. Prime Commander KydEL tried to explain the difference but it really did look the same to her. When they unloaded from the shuttle, she could feel all the Kiljorn men’s eyes on her and the other women. She felt a little uncomfortable with all that attention directed her way.

Prime Leader KadEN told them he needed to meet with his Lieutenants in the Operations Room. He said that he would see them later at Evening Meal. Kiljorn Commander TylOR escorted them to their sleeping quarters.

Lindsey was sharing sleeping quarters with Prima AriELa. Captain Malone and Dr. Morris were sharing sleeping quarters. Prime Commander KydEL and his brother were staying two doors down. TarAK and SilAS were staying across the corridor from Captain Malone. The other two Katieran medics were given quarters on the other side of Captain Malone.