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forehead. I could remember vividly the soft, warm press of his lips against mine. I had wanted sex, but Morgan made love to me and I’d be damned if I could figure out why.
    “If you want seconds,” he said softly, “all you’ve got to do is ask.”
    Morgan laughed when my only response was to pull down my goggles.
    There was no one around to hear his comment except us and Bob. Obviously, he didn’t care if the android knew. Then again, he probably figured I’d told him by now. He was right.
    “Ready for me to open the hatch?” Morgan asked.
    I checked again to make sure every inch of me was covered by the tight-fitting suit.
    “Ready.”
    Bob stepped back a few paces and grabbed onto a handle on the wall. Ashton and Dark Dream, who needed oxygen, were on the other side of a glass wall across the room. They waved to us and I turned back to Morgan as he pulled down his helmet and pressed the button.
    He took my hand at the last moment and we were sucked out into space, just above Tarnak. The planetary shields, which were constantly rotating, gave it an orange sort of glow.
    Morgan pulled me against him and activated the rocket boosters on the bottoms of his boots. It had been a long time since I’d jumped from a spaceship. I should have been afraid. But Morgan’s nearness forced me to focus on him. There wasn’t much room for anything else, including fear.
    “I’ll turn off the rockets once we get past the shields. After that, the planet’s gravity should bring us in.” His voice seemed more intimate within the tight confines of my suit. I couldn’t see his face through the shiny helmet, but I knew he was looking at me. I could even imagine the smile he wore.
    “I’m surprised you came,” I said. “Especially, since your last visit to Tarnak went so well.”
    The last leader of the people of Tarnak was female and she had such a thing for Morgan. I think she was the one female he truly had no interest in. After all, she was a Korinian slug. Anyway, she harassed him until he sent her flowers. They were deadly poisonous. We had yet to meet the new leader.
    “It’s not my fault she didn’t like the flowers.” I could hear the laughter in his voice as he squeezed me tighter. Even though I knew it was because we had to hold onto one another, I also felt warmed by the gesture. I felt like he wanted me close and not simply out of necessity.
    “You killed her,” I halfheartedly accused.
    “She was stalking me.”
    “I can relate to that. Nix managed to get through to my personal communicator. That’s why I wanted to talk to D. He’s really good at resetting things like that.”
    “You never said why Nix was after you. Did you two have a thing years ago?”
    “No.” I laughed. “I’ll tell you about it later, but I definitely wasn’t involved with Nix.”
    “What was up with that little goodbye kiss you gave Ash? Are you guys back together?”
    That really caught me off guard. Was that jealousy I detected?
    “No. That was just the only way to shut him up. Works every time.”
    I expected him to laugh. He didn’t. After that, I wasn’t sure what to say. Obviously it mattered to him that I had kissed Ashton. But what did that mean? Did he have feelings for me? I never would have thought of using feelings and Morgan Jefferies in the same sentence. Normally he would have cracked a few jokes about cyborgs on our way to a planet mostly run by them. But this strange silence had become my companion instead.
    “Aren’t you going to tell me a joke?” I asked softly. “After all, your name is Jester.”
    He laughed then. “What do you want a cyborg joke?”
    “I thought it would be fitting.”
    He cleared his throat. “All right. Since I know you don’t like Velkans, I’ve got the perfect one. A cyborg goes into a bar. On the bar is a jar full of money. Beside it is a sign that says if you can make the Velkan who works there laugh, you get the money. The cyborg says, ‘I can do that.’ He walks