Katieran Prime 4 - Kiljorn Prime by KD Jones

these feelings once and for all. She couldn’t do that from Katiera.
    “Of course, if I do accept the mating offer, you will probably want to come back to Katiera. It may be too uncomfortable for you to watch first hand and I would have to insist on it. Though I do not love KadEN, I only have kind feelings for him. We will be committing ourselves to one another and that is serious. We Katierans do not share our mates.”
    Lindsey nodded sadly, “I understand and I would feel the same if I were in your shoes. When were you planning on going back?”
    “Some time in the next few days. I want to spend time with my new little cousins. They are adorable and seem to grow bigger each day. I will miss them the most when I move to Kiljor.”
    When? AriELa already sounded like she had made up her mind about the mating. Lindsey felt jealous and hated it. Maybe her going back to Kiljor wasn’t a good idea after all. She said her goodbyes and headed back to her suite. She would spend as much time with her family before she left again.
     
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    “AriELa said that you agreed to travel with her back to Kiljor, Prime Leader RendEL asked her the next evening when he met with her and Prime Commander KydEL.
    “Yes, if that is okay?” Lindsey realized that she should have asked the Prime Leader first before she agreed to anything.
    “Of course. I know AriELa will appreciate having a friend with her. To be honest, I needed you to help finalize a few things with the alliance.”
    “Won’t Prime Commander KydEL be going as well?” She glanced over to Kyd who was on his comm link.
    “No, my mother wants him to stay a little longer. His near death experience really shook our entire family.”
    “I understand. When my father was going through the worst of his chemotherapy treatment, I used my paid time off that I earned and spent as much time with him as possible. I felt that I could always earn back the time for work that I used , but I couldn’t get back that precious time with my father.” Lindsey gave him a sympathetic look.
    RendEL nodded his head. “We feel that way now too. In truth, my brothers and I want to spend time with my mother. We have been so caught up in our own lives that we haven’t paid much attention to her, as we should. We are worried about her. She spends a great deal of time alone in her suite. She has turned down Cassie’s offer of dinner a lot lately, which isn’t like her.”
    Lindsey looked down at her hands. She knew why his mother was spending so much time in her own suite. She was spending it with Lindsey’s father. It wasn’t her place to tell RendEL. She worried about what RendEL and his brothers would do once they found out. She didn’t think they would handle the news very well. Her father was no match for one Katieran man, much less three angry overprotective Katieran men.
    “I will do my best to help finish up the details of the alliance. Just let me know what you want.” Lindsey picked up her digital tablet and made some notes.
    “Sir, what news do you have of an alliance with the Colonists?” she had spoken with KydEL and RendEL about it since she first arrived back on Katiera.
    “I have requested that Prime Leader KadEN include you in the meetings he has scheduled with the Colonist leader LarIS. I will send my notes to your correspondence to look over.”
    “I am looking forward to meeting the Leader LarIS. I am very curious about the Colony. I met Commander TylOR’s brother, AshOR, briefly. He seems to be a … handful.”
    “Who’s a handful?” Prime Commander KydEL asked as he turned off his comm link and came to sit down next to Lindsey.
    RendEL laughed. “AshOR, Commander TylOR’s brother.”
    KydEL growled. “I don’t like him. He flirted with my Jaxon.”
    Lindsey smiled; the young man was definitely spry when it came to women. “What did you do?”
    “Nothing, Jaxon threatened to cut off his male parts if he came anywhere near her,” KydEL said with