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Her heart continued to flip-flop in her chest “All right I’ll tell him But I’ll wait until he returns and I can do it in person”

Rok a?” he teased “I’ve never understood how such tiny beings could require so much food Lily depleted my ship’s entire store of food while she was on it”

Lily’s laugh rang out “That’s not true” She stood up and sauntered to herof her hips with an appreciative gaze “Did you recharge in the crystal room?”

He nodded “I did” He flexed his biceps “Can’t you tell?”

She laughed again, her pleasure at being near her ht she could al between the two

Both her daughters had found their true mates—in an alien species, no less She couldn’t be happier for them

Sweet Mother Earth

She wanted her own alien mate She wanted Seke But not if he didn’t want her The weariness returned to her li to be alone

At least she had a grandbaby to look forward to It would give her some purpose in her otherwise empty life

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Seke worked without a break all planet rotation, but nothing distracted him froht He felt her presence with hiether in his chaht turn and find her just a few meters away at any moment

He’d made Lundric practice hand-to-hand combat with him for two hours afterto dull his agony, but it was no use

Now, as he walked through the silent corridors, the unease of the humans seemed to radiate from the very walls The Zandians had saved them from their death, but the humans still didn’t trust them No one slept in the prison cells that had housed theh Rok had disabled all the locks They chose, instead, to bed down together on floors in the larger halls They obeyed orders warily—interested in learning how to defend themselves but not sure they could trust their trainers

He didn’t blame them

Utilizing the hue for sanctuary once Zandia as either a stroke of pure genius, or it would be the downfall of their war plan Since the vision had coenius Still, Prince Zander had been granted sanctuary on Ocretia, and their e of their slaves