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us back home."
    "Us? Oh. You two are…" Her Terran mind had no words for that situation.
    "Bond brothers. We share a mind and most of a soul. It is not unheard of among our people, but usually a third appears within the population. That was not our case." Hexar's voice was solemn and Drioth kept feeding her.
    "How do you tell when you have found your mate?" She tried to sound nonchalant, but Drioth smirked.
    "Our folks engage in the most basic of attachments for shifters. We go by scent."
    She blushed as she noticed that Drioth's nostrils were flaring and Hexar's chest was rising more than was usual under her head and shoulder.

    Chapter Six
    Grubby and full of fruit, Nenita made it through a full night without waking in a panic of someone coming into her cell. Hexar was spooning her and Drioth was guarding her front. Nothing was getting to her with two mountains of muscle on either side. Unfortunately, being guarded did not stop nature from calling, so she lifted Hexar's arm and got to her feet.
    On silent feet, she crept to the cave opening and shivered in the morning air. Dawn was just making her appearance on the horizon.
    Skimmers were appearing and disappearing in the woods. "Oh hells."
    She retreated into the cavern and came face to face with the Oefric. "They are looking for us in force."
    Drioth nodded. "We heard them and came to get you."
    "Can we go deeper into the cave?"
    "No, it doesn't go anywhere, but that one does." Hexar pointed to a small crack in the ground.
    "Oh balls. I can't see in the dark and the fit will be really tight for me."
    "If you can get in, we can lead you. It opens up after ten feet." Hexar gave her a quick hug. "If you want, we can make a run for it, but if you want to be safe, it's the cave."
    Nenita left his embrace and after a quick look at the skimmers gradually getting closer, she slipped feet first into the narrow crack in the earth.
    The feeling of falling lasted seconds until she struck the bottom of the cavern. It opened up and she could feel nothing on either side of her. A soft slithering repeated and her companions reformed with glowing skin. She didn't want to know what shape they had taken to get through the narrow opening, it had sounded very creepy.
    "Come along. They are almost here and their scanners can go fairly deep." Hexar grabbed one hand and Drioth the other as they started to move.
    The glow from their naked torsos was enough for her to see by, but she still stumbled in the darkness on the rough floor of the cavern. They caught her every time her footing was unsure.
    With every passing step, the air grew cooler. Her urge to pee was also becoming un-ignorable. "I need to stop."
    "We need to get to the next opening in the rock. Why do you need to stop?" Drioth's voice was impatient.
    "For the same reason I had to get up and sneak out of the cave this morning. I can't just pee against a tree." Her frustration made her testy.
    She could hear his amusement when Hexar led her to a small outcropping of wall and explained that she could attend to nature there and then follow the glow down the hall. Or she could call and they would come and get her.
    Nenita attended to the essentials and straightened her ragged wrap with a sigh. Now, she needed a pool or a bath and she would almost feel human again. She took one step away from the outcropping and then another. Her eyes looked blindly around her and saw nothing, so she took another step. A sigh of relief swelled in her and she returned to her ideal men. There was no arguing with the talent, it knew her perfect matches when it saw them.
    "What are the chances of finding a place to bathe? With your accurate sense of smell, I am quite sure you know I need one." She stood between the glowing monoliths and looked into their faces expectantly.
    Drioth laughed and took her hand again. "Just a stronger scent to enjoy, love. Come along, there is clean water this way."
    Hexar was chuckling as he brought up the rear.
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