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Relieved to listen to someone else’s problems, Leora led her to the hoverseats by the little corner table “What happened?”

La as she arrived at their reconciliation No doubt she’d just had incredible, ravishing sex She wondered if all Zandians had the capacity to turn hu fools with a simple touch or command Was it their natural do particular to Zander and Seke?

“So what happened with Seke? He never broke his vow of celibacy, then?”

Her shoulders sagged “Actually, that’s the worst part He did But he hated hiave hi, he took the opportunity and dropped me like a hot coal”

“I suppose you are like a hot coal to hiertips

“Thanks,” she said drily

“I don’t mean you would burn him Only that there’s fire between you He can’t touch you without coed”

La her eyes “I don’t think that’s it,” she said stiffly

Thankfully, La She’s on her way now—Zander just told ets here?”

Leora took that to be Lareed, trudging to the washtube The idea of seeing Lily did brighten her outlook slightly, as did the shower

After she dressed, she and Lamira went to the kitchen to let Barr know another hu, and they’d require extra food

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A hter shouldn’t include h, she’d blurted the whole story After taking Lily on a tour of the pod, the three wo at one end of the long dining table, eating, talking, and drinking sweet blueberry wine

Zander and Rok had left theh theLily had filled them in on her torrid love affair with Rok—how she’d stolen his ship, only to have hi her in ways she’d discovered she loved