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Zenix blinked in surprise when he saw all the luggage was now missing from the deck. While he and the others had been listening to Artem, Ayla’s assistant had silently moved everything inside. Lina might seem a little strange, but she was definitely efficient.
“I didn’t see the need to have any of your belongings from the space cruiser transferred over until I knew how long we would be staying here,” Lina explained.
“You can’t leave!” Brielle gasped out. “You just got here, and you are mated to Nix now.”
Lina’s chin lifted in challenge. “While Ayla might be Chief Li’s keeper, she is also one of the most important vocalists of our era. You cannot expect her to give up performing for love!”
“I’m mated, not dying,” Ayla pointed out, but the other females just ignored her.
“Perhaps Chief Li should give up his position here to travel with Ayla.”
“He can’t,” Brielle argued. “He’s our Chief of Security. He is needed here.”
As the two females continued to argue, Zenix turned to Ayla.“What is going on? Why do I feel like they are trying to decide our future for us?”
Ayla sighed.“Lina is just very protective of me. She also helps me organize my life. I honestly couldn’t do what I do without her. At least, not without a constant stress headache.”
“Hey!” Razar Tolvar Artane shouted to be heard over the raised voices as he arrived with Travis McClain. “Whoa, what’s going on here? Looks like we are missing out on quite the party.”
“You already know Razar, right?”Zenix asked his mate.“And that is Travis, the computer expert I told you I used to work with.”
Since Travis was also a fan, Zenix expected his friend to hurry over to introduce himself to Ayla. Instead, the other male seemed frozen halfway up the steps to the deck. It took Zenix a moment to realize that Lina had also stopped speaking mid-sentence and was now staring wide-eyed at Travis.
“What’s going on?” Zenix asked out loud.
“Well, well.” Ayla laughed softly. “I think Lina just found her keeper.”
Startled, Zenix blinked at her. “Wait, what? Really?”
Lina’s shoulders straightened, and she stomped over to the stairs where Travis was gaping up at her. She slowly walked down the steps until she was standing next to him, then reached out and grabbed his hand.
“Come on. Let’s go.”
“Where?” Travis asked, sounding dazed.
“Home.”
“Okay.”
As she walked down the rest of the steps and down the path, Travis followed after her like a love-struck puppy. When she started in the wrong direction, he gently tugged her in the direction of his own house.
Zenix shook his head in disbelief. “I can’t believe it. Seriously, what are the odds that your assistant would be mated to my friend?”
“Fate is a strange, mysterious force.” Ayla smiled brightly. “At least Lina won’t complain about spending time on Evo now.”
Artem frowned as he watched them leave. “I hope this isn’t catching.”
“What do you mean, brother?”
“Matings always seem to occur one after another, like falling dominos. I have no time for a mate at the moment.”
Razar clasped him on the shoulder. “It really isn’t something that happens on a schedule, buddy.”
“Now that Razar is here, we have something we’d like to speak to you about.” Getting straight to the point, Magnus announced, “We’d like you to stay. What would it take to convince you to set up a show here on Evo?”
“See? I told you,”Zenix said smugly through their bond.
Ayla wanted to smile but kept her expression blank. She’d done enough negotiating in her life to know it wasn’t good to give her position away too soon. “A residency here might be interesting, but I would have to have complete control of any show I do.”
