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Beyond My Knowing, chapter 33

The meal over, Kes was just kissing her wife goodbye when she sensed someone coming close to the house. She and Anara had sensed him getting closer, but hadn’t realized he meant to come to this house. Their kiss broke and Kes and Anara’s eyes met. Kes looked over Anara’s shoulder to Miteza who’d started to clean things up after their meal. Anara had been planning to help her with that once Kes had gone since Kes and Artem had been the ones to make the stew. Artem was upstairs with Vastu in his room, Artem having wanted a little time with his cousin to further reassure and encourage him before they left to go find Thalla.
”There’s someone coming.” Kes told Miteza softly. ”A man, but just one.”
”…Who?” Miteza asked.
Kes shook her head. ”It feels like I should… know him somehow…” Kes thought to herself. She and Anara looked into his mind. ”He… wants to court you.” She told Miteza.
”His name is Cagen.” Anara put in as Miteza walked out of the kitchen area to join them. ”Wasn’t that the name of one of Jabin’s men?” She asked. Jabin being the governor of the settlement they were in.
Miteza nodded. ”He coordinates shipments to and from the mines.” She supplied. ”He’s… His wife died of a sickness, I think. He wants to court me?” She asked, her thoughts and emotions confused. On the one hand, it would be a good match for her. Better than she would have expected, given the circumstances. On the other…
”He does.” Anara confirmed.
Kes had turned and was looking at the door. Something was really bothering her, more than the situation should bother her, and she was searching herself for a reason why. The man didn’t seem to be hostile at all, or at least he had no hostile intent at coming here. On the contrary, he seemed to have a hopeful, positive attitude about him. She could search deeper in his mind, but she didn’t want to do that because she didn’t want to know what she might find there. She wanted to think it was possible he could be just what he seemed on first impression, a genuine person with no malice in his heart, but, given the ways of Kazon males, how they were raised, and especially given the uneasy feeling she had about this man for some reason, she didn’t want to risk looking only to find another mind like Lingen’s. If it came to it, if he proved himself to be a threat, she would kill him to protect her family, but she didn’t need to see into his mind to do that. Hopefully, it wouldn’t have to come to that though. She very much didn’t want it to.
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LOVE,a powerful weapon when looking into the face that you fear the most .ANARA never hesitated to protect KES ,her wife from the face of danger .MITEZA realized what she thought she knew about love was not what she had .KES when pushed met the old woman head-on and won but not without punishing herself in the process.They need to go and quickly.One helluva post,thoroughly enjoyed reading this but keep them safe please.THANKS,ps.