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Renan and Kelly continued to bond sexually and emotionally for five more days at the hotel, barely leaving the room. Kelly called and quit her job then called her parents and told them she had eloped with Renan and they were going to be living “out of the country.” Renan wore his sapien disguise when they stopped by so Kelly’s parents could meet him on their way to the transport rendezvous.

Renan had booked passage for them on the Be’Kal Zephyr to Narova. Kelly was delighted to meet Captain Be’Kal’s meomee Jenna who had lived just a couple hundred miles from where Kelly lived in neighboring Ohio. They found they had much in common aside from Narovian felines as mates. During their journey, they became good friends and got together periodically whenever the Zephyr put into port on Narova. Though he was a competitor in the freight business, Renan was also friendly with Captain Be’Kal. He even offered him a position, but Zeke liked being his own boss too well to work for anyone else.

Meanwhile, Renan used his elaborate com unit to give Kelly a holo tour of the home they would share on Narova, his business located near the world capital of Narov and the city itself. While he kept a luxury apartment in the city, his primary residence was in a rural agricultural complex well outside the city. She learned that there were nearly as many humans as felines on Narova and she would not be considered alien there.

Renan had already started teaching her the Alliance Common language primarily spoken on Narova and most Alliance worlds. He also gave her a com unit like his own with a language tutorial that would also help her learn the language. Helping Kelly, also helped him learn her language as well. When they reached Narova, she would get the bioimplant.

They finished their initial bonding period on the ship and fell more deeply in love during their journey to Narova. Formal marriage ceremonies were not generally performed for meomee matches, so Renan arranged a bonding celebration to introduce Kelly to family friends and associates about a month after their arrival on Narova.

Aside from some unique architecture and foreign language, Kelly found being on Narova was not that different than going to a foreign country on Earth---except that it was in another star system, light years from Earth. Renan had made sure she had clothing of the current style of Narovians, so there was nothing in her appearance that marked her as an off worlder.

They spent the first week in Narov so Renan could give Kelly a tour of his business and attend to issues that needed his attention. Their bonding reception was a pleasant affair that was enhanced for Kelly by a tiny translator worn in her ear before her bioimplant became fully integrated. She quickly became immersed in her new life on her newly adopted home world with her beloved meomee Renan Garr. Within months she wondered why she was ever reluctant to be mated to the alien trader.

The End