Chapter 5
The next morning
Teagan was frustrated. She woke hours ago but the healers would not let her leave until they did a full scan. A warrior was assigned to walk her back to her room and then he left. She was grateful to be alone. After taking a shower and changing her clothes back to her usual overalls, she sighed with relief at being comfortable again. She put her hair up in a ponytail and went to the door, opening up to find the same warrior from earlier standing outside.
“Was there something that you needed, Miss White?”
“Um…I need to speak with Commander LemAN. Do you know where I can find him?”
“He had an early morning meeting with Leader Toro. I believe he is in his room and will rest before having an afternoon communications meeting with the Katieran Prime Leader.”
“Could you take me to his room?”
“Of course.”
She followed him down the hallway. LemAN was five doors down on the same floor as her. How did she not know that? He’d never told her and she had been shown to her room before him. She went to knock but felt the presence of the warrior standing behind her. She glanced back.
“Could you leave? I need to speak with LemAN privately.”
“Are you sure you feel safe with him?”
She was beginning to get pissed off. “How many times do I have to tell you people that LemAN didn’t hurt me? I fell on my own and hurt myself. Unless I’m under house arrest, I want my fucking privacy!”
The warrior paled—well, paled enough for someone who was blue—and held up his hands as he slowly backed away. “As you wish.”
Great, now she was making Earth females look shrieking, angry, and explosive. She didn’t care, as long as she got a private moment with LemAN. She took a couple of deep breaths before knocking on the door. He opened it up and looked at her in surprise.
“Teagan, shouldn’t you be with the healers?”
She moved past him into his room. “I’m fine. You would know that if you had bothered to come by and check on me.”
“I…was busy, but I had the medics update me on your condition.”
“Condition? I sprained my ankle and it was healed. Toro wasn’t too busy. He was by my side the whole time until the healer told him I was healing properly.”
She saw him bite the inside of his cheek like he was trying keep from saying something. “Leader Toro is interested in you. He takes care of his people. I’m sure he would be a good mate.”
Was he fucking kidding?“I’m sure he would be.”
He turned his back on her and moved farther away. “I apologize for injuring you.”
“For the thousandth time, you did not hurt me. I grabbed you and you tugged free. It was my own fault my foot twisted and I fell. As you can see, I’m completely healed.” She turned around in circles to show him.
“I’m grateful for that. I will escort you back to your room so that you can rest.”
“Oh no, you don’t. We’re not going anywhere until we have a serious discussion.”
“I don’t have time for this. I have a job to do.”
“Your next meeting is this afternoon. I believe you have a couple of hours to spare to talk to me. You owe me that.”
He sighed. “What do you want to discuss?”
“How about you constantly pushing me away every time we get close? Why do you do that?”
“I don’t want you to think I am looking for a relationship.”
“Who said I wanted a relationship? Maybe I just want to fool around.”
