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prize.”
     
    “That is so beautiful,” the little one sighed a dreamy sigh.
    “My mother taught me that. She also told me the moment the war God KiljOR looked upon the Goddess, he knew she was his bond mate. He pursued her until she agreed to mate with him.”
    “You’re mother died?”
    AriELa gulped. “Yes, many years ago.”
    “My mother left me. She didn’t want a family anymore.”
    Oh Goddess. AriELa’s heart went out to her. “But you have your father and sister who love you very much.”
    “I know and I love them back, but sometimes I wish…I wish I had a mother.”
    AriELa took the little girl in her arms. “My Aunt SandELa took me in and raised me when my family died, but I sometimes wish that I had my mother and father. Even now I still miss them.”
     
    *****
     
    As the day of the mating ceremony approached, everyone became more and more anxious. Cassie had to remain in the suite at all times. TarAK was her security liaison so he stayed with her. AriELa envied the time they spent together. It was clear to everyone that Cassie and RendEL were true bond mates and both deeply in love with one another. One cousin down , she wondered if the others would soon follow and when it was finally going to be her turn.
    She also wondered if TarAK still harbored affection for the Earth female. It didn’t matter anyway. She was a Prima. Only another Prime or someone on a council would offer to mate her. She was thinking of accepting the first available offer, just so she wouldn’t have to be alone anymore.
     

 
    Chapter Six
     
    The day before RendEL and Cassie’s mating ceremony—all Kitana broke loose. Cassie was taken off planet by the Earth male who had left her with young, along with Senator Rowe and his daughter, Erica, all with plans to dispose of Cassie in space. Captain Malone, the female warrior from Earth, slowed down their plans with the assistance from their neighbors, the Kiljorn Nation.
    The Kiljorn people were originally from Katiera, but they broke off and created their own world many years ago. There had been disagreements between both the Kiljorns and the Katierans. The Kiljorns were visiting Katiera to start negotiations for an alliance against the Morins.
    The troubles seemed to keep coming, the episode with the EWG sending Cassie into labor and the reason AriEla found herself sitting in the Medic Wing waiting area with her aunt and two cousins along with a lot of others. All waiting on the birth of the first set of twins to be born on Katiera in nearly a millennia.
    While everyone waited, she was briefly introduced to the Kiljorn Prime Leader, KadEN. He was a very attractive male. She suspected that there was a purpose behind his interest in her. After all, she was the only Prima available for mating. Well, if you didn’t count her aunt.
    “What do you think of the Kiljorn Prime Leader?” her aunt asked her in a low voice. Both Katierans and Kiljorns had advanced hearing so she didn’t want to speak too loudly.
    AriELa shrugged. “He seems to be a nice male. He has a lot to say.”
    “Would you be opposed to a mating with him?”
    AriELa turned to look in her aunt’s curious eyes. “Why?”
    “He is showing interest in you. He’s a Prime and you’re a Prima. It would not be a bad match.”
    “He’s not my bond mate. That concerns me.”
    SandELa smiled at her sadly for a moment. “I was not a bond mate for my KrendEL. We still loved each other and had three sons. I do not regret one moment of it.”
    “You’re right. Bond mates are so rare. I am grateful Ren found his, but who’s to say anyone else will? I would be open to a possible match with the Kiljorn Prime Leader.”
    They didn’t talk anymore about it. The room had grown especially quiet, and then there were two distinct cries. The twins, GabriELa and IsabELa, were finally born.
     
    *****
     
    Three days after the twins’ birth it seemed like all of Katiera was on the sandy shore in front of the green waters