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remaking his surface? I think he is up to something.” She rubbed her arms and shivered. The energy was pouring in, but it was avoiding her. That in itself was unusual. Normally, power streamed toward and through her.
    “Did he mention making you his Avatar?” Viiko touched her arms and ran his hands down them, warming her.
    Giving in to instinct, she leaned back against him and relaxed. When she smiled and looked up into his eyes, their normal colour had been replaced by vivid orange.
    “What is going on, Viiko?”
    “Viiko is not speaking at the moment, Naka. It is good to speak to you face to face.”
    She pulled away from him, but his hands tightened on her arms. “Piquaro? Why are you in Viiko? I thought I was the only one who could transport you.”
    He caressed her arms again but didn’t loosen his grip. “I have chosen him as my Avatar. I have not had one before, but I believe that we will suit each other very well. As to why he can host me, if I send my mind into you, you can contain all of me, leaving nothing in the soil of my world. Taking him as my Avatar, I can speak to you while keeping the bulk of my mind crafting my world into an ideal place for you.”
    She used all her strength to jerk herself free and backed away. “Did you ask him?” Tears started to fall, and she shrieked, “Did you ask him!”
    He jerked backward at the vehemence of her tone.
    She felt power all her own pouring into her. The source was a mystery, but the effect wasn’t. Naka advanced on Viiko’s body and pushed Piquaro out of control.
    “Viiko? Are you all right?”
    The orange faded from his eyes, and his hand cupped her jawline. “I am fine, Naka. He did ask me. He requested it when we were flying here, and the process began the moment we landed. I am sorry I did not tell you, but answer me this…why are your eyes glowing?”
    She blinked and backed up. “They are glowing?”
    Naka looked up, and the crystals were showing a dark sky with the moon glowing brightly. “I am going to release Piquaro. I need him to answer me.”
    Viiko nodded and the orange flared in his gaze again. “Where did you get that power?”
    “Were you alone in the moon?”
    He jerked as if stung. “What?”
    “Were you alone in the moon? Is the moon sentient?”
    His face looked sheepish. “Kevna was beginning the throes of life when I was imbued in its surface, why?”
    “When I forged the link with you, I took part of Kevna with me.” She shivered and stared at her hands. Her skin was glowing, and her body was no longer standing on the ground.
    He frowned, “Viiko said that you said you were clear of any traces . ”
    She looked down at him as she rose into the air. “I was looking for traces of you, not a pre-verbal moon.”
    The moon was calling her. It wanted to speak directly, and there was only one way to do it. Her hands filled with power and pointed toward the ceiling of the cavern, blowing a hole in the stone that was just wide enough to let her through.
    Her body was beyond her control, and the moonlight pulled her straight toward the object of power that was yanking her strings.
    She had called the moon, now it was returning her call.

Chapter Eleven
    Naka thanked the Sector Guard for the suit as it sealed her in a protective layer. She flew faster and faster through the atmosphere, punching through the sound barrier with a shocking suddenness.
    She was moving faster than the shuttle had, blurring through space to land on the surface of the moon, Kevna.
    Hello?
    A bright, happy tumble ran through her mind.
    Are you Kevna?
    The consciousness thought about it for a while before it replied, Yes. Kevna. Piquaro is gone. Kevna is left.
    I am pleased to meet you, Kevna.
    You are mine. I have called you, and you are mine.
    I cannot stay here, Kevna. I cannot survive here. She tried to be calm, but she was getting the feeling that Kevna wanted her to stay and that wasn’t in her plans for her future.
    Piquaro got him. I get you. Is