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pay out.
    When she was heartily amused at the panic that accompanied her presence, she had the funds transferred to her account and she went in search of the next casino.
    In eighteen hours, she managed to get herself banned from four different casinos in the city and that meant only one thing...she needed to pack her bags and get travelling.
    She packed her things, found the next largest city and rented a skimmer. She took off with the night sky lit by four small moons.
    It was a beautiful night for a flight, and she enjoyed the moment until she noticed her skin was glowing a blush pink. She hoped that it was just a weird refraction of the moons. This was not the time for her to go into season. She was neither overly mature nor secure enough to feel that this was a good place for a child.
    She debated finding a willing Nurmegar to fill the need if there was one, and she discarded that idea immediately. They were willing to sell their own for profit and social elevation. That wasn’t what she wanted in a mate. Maybe she should find a nice tourist on an adventure tour.
    She was laughing to herself when she landed at her new hotel and handed the control chip to the parking attendant. Her bags were brought up to her suite, and she was treated with extreme deference.
     
    It was the first night in a cycle that took her around the world in thirty days. No one would take her off Nurmegar, no matter how much she was willing to pay.
     
    She glided over the treetops, the silent canopy above her let her control the descent as she curled over and around the ancient temples that had belonged to gods whose names were lost to time.
    As she touched down, she saw a familiar figure. She was shocked it had taken him this long.
    “Kiot, I am guessing you aren’t here for the flight class.”
    “Enher-Dahl, you are looking well, better than well. You look lovely.” His eyes were a blend of lavender and amber.
    “Pardon me, Ulises-Kiot. Thank you.” She uncoupled from the wing and set it nose down so as not to have it lift off with a random gust.
    “We have become one, and it was pointed out to me that I had treated you abominably. I did not make my intentions or my identity clear and that lead to resentment and mistrust.”
    She stripped out of her harness. “You could say that. I have seen that you are making yourself publically known and are working with local governments when it comes to changing the ecosystems in damaged areas.”
    “It is the least I can do.” He looked at a loss for what to say next.
    She heaved the harness over one shoulder and raised her eyebrows. “Perhaps you came here to tell me that my grounding is over and I am now free to leave?”
    “No. I mean that if that is what you truly wish, yes, of course, you can go, but I would like it very much if you would consider living here. With me. With us.” He ran his hand through his hair and his wings flexed in agitation.
    “I have won enough to allow me to live very comfortably for the rest of my life. I do not need your charity.”
    He sighed and the eyes shifted to amber. “He is not speaking well. He and I both want you, for our very different and yet similar reasons. You must feel something or you would have bought that spacecraft you were looking into.”
    She blushed. “You noticed that.”
    “We felt a flicker of hope when you did not leave just because you could. We would like to become a stable triad, each adding in to support the other. Without the hope of you, I would have left Kiot when he offered me the opportunity.”
    Enher blinked. “He would have let you go?”
    “Something you said sunk into him. He gave me a choice if I could find a replacement. I refused on the condition that we would begin again with you, as if the first few days never happened. Will you accept that?”
    She quirked her lips. “You want to start over?”
    “We do. We have come to a point of balance, and from there, we can stretch out into the Imperium. If you do not