Loving Kit (Felines of Furyne Book 1) by Brown L.M

Author:Brown, L.M. [Brown, L.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Halor watched Logan as he supposedly read something on his miniature computer. He hadn’t touched the screen in nearly half an hour and his mind was obviously elsewhere.

“Is something bothering you?” Halor asked.

“Huh?”

Halor took the tablet from him and put it down on the table. “What’s the matter?”

“Nothing.”

“You’re nearly as bad a liar as Kit. You’ve been distracted ever since you came back from the main ship. Has something happened?”

“Not really. I was just talking to an old friend and it didn’t go well.”

“You had an argument?”

“No, not exactly.”

“Then what?”

Logan sighed. “Where’s Kit?”

“In the bedchamber.”

“Come on. Let’s go see if he’s awake. This concerns him, too.”

Kit was curled up on the bed but he wasn’t asleep. Logan nudged him over a little so he could sit down and Kit curled up against him with a contented purr.

“What’s this all about then?” Halor asked.

“I told Nate—he’s the pilot on this ship—about us.”

“You told him about the babies?” Kit asked.

“No.” Logan patted Kit reassuringly. “We only tell people about that once you’re ready. No, I just told him I was in a relationship with the two of you.”

“I’m guessing it didn’t go down very well?” Halor said.

“No. Nate is a friend. We went through pilot training together and while we weren’t in a relationship, we did fool around a little. I had no idea he would react the way he did.”

“How did he react?” Kit asked.

“Badly,” Logan replied. “He seems to have a problem with the idea of me being in a relationship with aliens.”

Halor nodded. “Ah. I see. Your world was very isolated, wasn’t it?”

“We didn’t get any visitors from other planets, no.”

“Many years ago, neither did our worlds. When different beings first came face to face with each other, some embraced their new neighbours but others feared those differences. Even now, hundreds of years later, there are those who believe that interspecies relations should be forbidden.”

“There are?”

“Yes, I’m afraid so. The felines were amongst the first to embrace other species. They are truly the most welcoming race. I’m ashamed to say that avian species were much slower to follow their example. We got there in the end, but even so recent as two hundred years ago, some of my kind were still advocating against such relations.”

“It sounds as if humans are going to be similarly prejudiced,” Logan muttered.

Kit snuggled closer. “Once your people are rescued, they’re all going to continue their journey. Your new world is far away from other inhabited planets. Perhaps by the time they next meet some aliens, they’ll be more welcoming.”

“Maybe,” Logan agreed. “I guess it just took me by surprise. Humans have had many prejudices over the centuries, and I guess I mistakenly thought those times were over.”

Halor sat down on Logan’s other side and wrapped his arm around his shoulders. “If you wish to keep our relationship quiet, then we will.”

“I hate the idea of hiding what we share,” Logan replied. “I want to be able to touch you both without wondering if someone is watching and judging us.

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