Free Katieran Prime by KD Jones

me and Dr. Morris staying here?” Cassie looked around at her huge bedroom. It was twice the size of her little apartment on Earth. Wow just wow.
    “Yep. Cool huh? Plus, I hear you have your own guard who will be around during the day. Is it that hunky guy that came by with your things earlier?” Jaxon licked her lips as she looked out the bedroom door for the man in question.
    “I’m not sure who came by earlier. TarAK, the liaison I had when I first got here, was assigned to me. I don’t need a guard though.” Cassie was still frustrated over the whole situation.
    “Give it up girl. Your rich boyfriend has spoken.” Jaxon said as she started to walk out of the bedroom.
    “He’s NOT my boyfriend!” Cassie yelled at her retreating back. She sighed. Did everyone think she and Ren had something going on? She was sure Erica would be livid at the thought. What did he see in that vulture anyway?
    Later that evening Ren sat at the Evening Meal prepared in his own suite, barely listening to the woman sitting across from him, Erica. She seemed to talk non-stop. About everything … and about nothing at all. He wondered for the hundredth time what he ever saw in her.
    The female would run her fingers over his hand. No matter how many times he moved away, she kept doing it. It just felt wrong, having another female touch him. His mate was in the suite next door, and he wasn’t with her, touching her, kissing her, making love to her for the first time.
    Having had enough, Ren ignored Erica’s wondering fingers as he told her, “Miss Rowe, I must tell you that I will not be mating with you.”
    “Are you not feeling well? I could call for a medic.” Erica remained clueless to Ren’s meaning.
    “I am feeling healthy. It is that … I wish to mate with another.” Ren hoped that was a bit clearer for the female. He was slowly losing patience and wanted her gone already.
    Erica’s too bright smile dropped. Her eyes shone sharp and cold. “Who else have you been seeing? I bet it’s that Senator Dugan’s cousin. She has been asking all kinds of questions about you. I won’t stand for it Ren! I am the best match for you.” Erica went on and on about how perfect she was for him.
    Ren had enough.  “Hear me female, I don’t want you!” Was that too harsh? Should he apologize? That’s when the dishes and silverware started flying his way.
    “Stop laughing!” Ren yelled at his brothers as they both sat sprawled on the only furniture that was left undamaged by Erica’s tirade. To say he was embarrassed was putting it mildly. He had ended up having to call for assistance from security, who escorted the screaming and physically abusive female from his suite. He, also, requested she be moved to the lower levels and have a security detail keep watch over her until she calmed down.
    Ren reached up to remove some kind of leafy food from his hair, which caused his brothers to continue to laugh. Ren gave up trying to clean and plopped down onto a wobbly chair. “I don’t understand what I did to deserve this … reaction.”
    Kyd looked at his younger brother and smiled. “Well, I would recommend when you are breaking it off with a female, that you refrain from mentioning that you will be mating another female.”
    Ren gave the Katierans' version of flipping the bird. “You are not helping matters Kyd. Besides … Erica was never my female, we were never intimate.”
    Syd lifted a bent fork in the air, “This is why I keep to my books and my research.”
    “Well, look at it this way. Now you can focus completely on winning over your mate with no other distractions.” Kyd said encouragingly. 
    “It shouldn’t be too difficult. Once I explain our bond mate, she will be accepting of me. Everything here on out should be smooth.” Ren stated confidently. And that’s when the chair he sat in suddenly crashed to the floor.
    The first night in the new suite was like a slumber party.  After SandELa and AriELa said their