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Morganti?”
    He chuckled and increased his grip, lifting her off her feet. He shifted her until he was carrying her in his arms, but his smooth gait confused her until she looked and saw that from the waist down he was nothing but mist.
    The few folk that were around laughed at the image they presented, him carrying her up and up and up until they were at her room and passing through the door.
    “I was afraid it would offend Shivak to have me on the upper floor, but he took it in stride when he learned the nature of my talent.”
    He closed the door and set her on her feet, immediately pressing kisses to her neck that had two effects. One, her body shivered and her skin ached for more of his touch, but the second effect was that her Masuo disappeared into an anklet and left her exposed to his lips.
    He whispered against her skin as he kissed and touched all of her in turn. “Nishans don’t have the same drive that other species have. We mate by combining our forms with that of our partner, creating a little puff that floats and grows on its own. For one of mine to meet with one of yours, there are sacrifices to be made—one of those is remaining solid.”
    As he spoke, his hands changed from solid to a column of gas that stroked her more effectively than fingers ever could.
    Kiiki lost her train of thought, held onto him for dear life, and when he met her body with his own, she was more than ready to try a little bit of bonding with her partner. Power sparked from her skin and went through him and around him, creating the effect of a violent lightning storm. It was surreal with the sun blazing above them, but as she reached a plateau of arousal and fell into release, the energy flared wildly for a moment before settling into a low, humming pulse through her body and his shifting form.
    Kiiki shivered as the blanket of cloud settled over her, between her thighs and under her arms, sheathing her in her partner in a way she had never imagined was possible.
    She yawned and enjoyed the bright light of Saru that was still falling on every inch of her body through Decaro’s form.
    “Well, I think that settles it for me. I don’t want another partner. I want Harken with me on assignment and Decaro with me here.” She bit her lip and mused out loud. “So, do we date or something? I haven’t actually done this before.”
    He swirled and shifted until arms wrapped around her and a naked body was pressed against her back. “Didn’t I mention it? I have been allowed lodgings in the Citadel as long as each assignment results in a complete debriefing at the base. As long as I check in, I can live where I like.”
    She sighed happily. “That’s nice.”
    He chuckled. “Rest now, there will be time to plan our next move when you have recovered.”
    “From Feliancour or from you?”
    He chuckled and pressed kisses along her shoulder and up her neck. “Both. Now, go to sleep.”
    He was senior to her in the matter of the assignments, so she slept. Why not give in to him just this once?
     

    Two days later, Starbreaker arrived to give them insight as to the problem of Feliancour. They met her at the base in Olaris’s office, and everyone got the details together.
    “Millennia ago, they harvested the gasses of the sun for power and that caused the instability. The sun compensated for the removal as nature does, it made do with what it had. After a while, the flares began as the rotation wobbled out of control. Every three hundred years, the sun wobbled as it tried to balance itself, but in the meantime, they were still harvesting gasses for power.”
    Kiiki nodded. “That explains the lack of whole light, but why did they try to grab me?”
    Starbreaker looked surprised, “From what they told us when they were interrogated, they wanted you as an unlimited power source. If you could take over for a few weeks, they could institute some of the more advanced power systems that they have designed. They don’t have a chance to