Caught Between Two Blue Aliens - Celia Kyle Page 0,61
friends. My family. How could I possibly say goodbye to all of this and eventually leave to go live on another planet?”
Jade flashed her a sympathetic frown. “For that part, I guess you’ll just have to listen to your heart, Jenna. You’ll have to be ready to have their babies too. That’s what they want—to have lots of children to keep their species going. So, you’d also have to be on board with not just moving to their ship and possibly to their home world, but also becoming a mom to a lot of kids.”
Jenna shrugged her shoulders and ran the tip of her finger around the rim of her glass. “I’ve actually already been thinking about that and… I’m okay with it. The idea of having babies with those two and starting a family sounds good and the idea of lots of kids doesn’t scare me. I’m already sort of a mom now. And I’m sure Hiren and Sevith will be amazing fathers.”
“Okay, but it just won’t be the family you imagined growing up,” Jade pointed out, “with one dad and a mom. Again, are you sure that’s fine with you? You just need to know for sure before going in that you’re fine with two husbands forever because there’s no divorce with the Drokten. You can’t go back on this later and change your mind because they’ll mentally be bonded to you. You’re it for them.”
Jenna sighed, remembering how much she enjoyed that “family time” they’d had at the Drokten breakfast. “When I’m with my mates, it feels so solid, so real, you know? I completely understand what you’re saying. We already have a mental bond growing between us, so I can see how that would be impossible to break. The way I feel for them, the way they protect and guard me, the wonderful way they treat Noah and Bea… and the way they touch me is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before,” she admitted.
“Damn, sounds hot.” Jade commented with a wink and cheeky grin.
Jenna rolled her eyes, even as she flashed her own grin in return. “It is. Believe me. But is that enough to make me betray my own people? Earth? My brother and sister?”
“You’re not betraying them, Jenna,” her friend murmured gently. “Don’t let those terrorists get in your head and make you think that.”
“I just… I don’t know how to make this all work out,” Jenna answered. “I’m worried I’m going to have to say no to them, yet again, to keep the Drokten safe from my spying and to keep my brother and sister with me.”
“Those two won’t take no for an answer.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of. They’re coming over here tomorrow morning. I don’t know what to say to them. Yesterday, when they were giving me the tour and I was with them on their ship and alone with them, I was all-in because I could forget about all of this. But then I came back home and I’m apart from them tonight and because they aren’t nearby, I’ve lost the feel of their minds. I kinda feel like it makes it easier for me to think more logically. And logically, I shouldn’t be with them, for their own safety as well as for my brother and sister.”
“I don’t know, not accepting those two as your new husbands, that sounds kinda harsh…”
“But, Jade, I told the aide that yes, I’d spy for them. Spy on Hiren and Sevith. I mean, I had to say I would, or they were prepared to take Noah and Bea right away. So, the resistance thinks I’m going to do this for them. They said I have to get them some useful intelligence info for our first meet-up date, which is a week from now. And, he said if I tried to tell anyone and rat them out, they’d know and take the kids immediately.”
“Wow,” Jade whispered.
“The worst part is I wanted what I said to be a lie. That, of course I’d never spy on the Drokten. But if it meant I had to choose between my brother and sister or Hiren and Sevith, I have to choose them. They’re just children.”
And they were both quiet for a moment, processing the enormity of the situation.
“I literally don’t know what you should do,” her friend admitted. “You’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.”
Jenna swirled the wine around in her glass. “You see why it’s complicated?”