Two

“We each have very passionate and loving relationships with our feline mates,” Meg Casey told Kelly Richards and the other two women---Sally Carter and Mandy Jones. “Trista and I are not here to convince you of anything. We will answer your questions to the best of our ability.”

“Of course, we may be a little biased because we are both mated to felines,” said Trista. “But all of your matches have been thoroughly checked out. They are all honest men with solid finances and no criminal history. Their psyche profiles indicate they are nice, well-adjusted men.”

“That really doesn’t help much,” said Kelly. “I pretty much picked up on that talking to him. He’s so completely attractive. I think I would like to be with him, but living on an alien world and learning this language is daunting.”

“My understanding is that you would be able to get a language biochip that will feed the language directly into your brain’s language center,” said Meg. “Currently it’s only available there on Narova. They will be available in Mars City soon so that problem should be solved for us shortly.”

“Do you really think you can go back to your old life and work at the neighborhood Sherfine after everything that’s happened?” Trista asked.

Kelly sighed. “I’m not sure, but I think I need to go back and find out.”

“Renan Garr seems pretty determined. He could easily take that decision out of your hands by coming after you no matter what you decide.” Meg told them. “Each of your matches may decide to do that, even the ones that were declined.”

“Our matings were random, but Harlee Wyatt’s was planned and orchestrated by Thanek Zes after he learned of her identity,” said Trista. “They prefer genetic mating to chosen mates because of the failure rate of those relationships. The pheromones draw us to them, and the hormones exchanged during intercourse enhance the emotional alignment.”

“So be it. I’m just not ready to make that commitment, yet,” said Kelly. Both Sally and Mandy agreed.

#

Kelly had been home a little over three weeks. Alliance Law Enforcement provided documentation to explain her absence from her job as a crime victim. She was trying to resume her old life but she felt out of sync, partly, she thought because she couldn’t tell her friends or her family what really happened to her. Who would believe her? …kidnapped by alien pirates and rescued by alien law enforcers… right, they would be sending her for a psyche evaluation.

Then again, as depressed as she felt, she was beginning to think it might not be a bad idea. But how could that help if she couldn’t tell the truth about the problem? Before the kidnapping, she never thought her life was lonely. Unable to share this huge secret was making it that way. She’d seen her parents and her friends and had spoken about being kidnapped by human traffickers. It just made them all uncomfortable. They had no idea how to help her deal with it and changed the subject.

Late one afternoon, Kelly found an oddly familiar man waiting for her by her car. As soon as he spoke, she knew he was Renan Garr in human disguise with longish blond hair and blue eyes. “I waited as long as I could, Kelly. If you tell me to go, I will not come back… But I want you to say it face to face before I accept it.”

Renan stood a few feet from her with his hands clasped behind his back. He was wearing a blue polo shirt and jeans and looked every bit a human being. He was big, over six feet to Kelly’s 5’7”. He was fairly muscular though not quite powerfully built. He was at least a few years older than her 27 years, but it was hard to guess with his youthful good looks. His eyes were frankly admiring and hopeful.

Kelly stood looking up at him at a loss for words. For the second time in her life a man had crossed several star systems to find her. She felt torn between climbing into her car and bolting and throwing herself into his arms. It didn’t matter what she did, her life would never be the same.

“How did you get here?” she asked.

“Passenger freighter. My car was waiting when I arrived,” he gestured toward an expensive looking silver limo. “You are in my mind ever since we commed. I hoped you would com again even after they told me you need more time. I could no longer wait. I need meomee. You are meomee.”

Kelly looked up at him, blinking back unexpected tears. “Why me?”

Renan shrugged. “Why not you? We are genetic complements. We will be magnificent together, sweet one.”

“What if we aren’t?”

“How can you doubt it?” he asked. His eyes sparkled a clear invitation.

Her mind was racing. She wanted to take Renan up on the invitation in his shining blue eyes, but she wished she was wearing something better than her work uniform and that her apartment was nicer.

Renan stepped closer, close enough that she could smell his unique scent. He sure smelled good. Then he held out his hand to her. She looked at it and then up at him.

“I-I” Kelly stammered and looked back at his hand. She looked at the Sherfine where she’d worked for the last year while trying to figure out what to do with her life. If she took Renan’s offered hand, he would be part of it whatever else she might decide. There had to be more than a tiny apartment in a seedy neighborhood and working at the Sherfine.

In the end, it was Renan’s inviting smile and the tenderness in his eyes that moved her to put her hand in his. It felt like a static shock sparked between them when their hands touched. “Come to my hotel suite, and we will bond.”

Kelly caught her breath as she felt her female parts flutter. He raised her hand to his lips and kissed the back of it then lowered his head, lightly pressing his lips against hers. “Yes,” she said, a little startled by the by the intensity of her growing desire to mate with him.

He led her to his car and opened the back limo door and gestured for her to enter and climbed in after her. As soon as Renan closed the door, the driver set the car in motion without instruction. Renan pulled her onto his lap and into his arms and claimed her mouth in a heated kiss that frissons of fire through her body. When he parted his lips from hers, he looked down at her like she was the most gorgeous woman he’d ever seen.

Kelly knew she was fairly attractive, even pretty with her long, deep brown hair and large, mostly green, hazel eyes with just a hint of gold around the iris. She’d always wanted a pert upturned nose, but it was more aquiline than pert. Her mouth was full and sensual. For Renan, she was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen, because she was meomee.