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around his sinewy chest staring at the ceiling. He didn’t move, even when she stood inches from him.
    “T’Kon?”
    A few endless seconds later, he glanced down at her. “There is something on Terrain that I need to repair my craft.”
    “From this planet? What could that possibly be?”
    “It is a metallurgical material that is pliable but strong.” He added, “My sensors revealed that it is abundant within your planet’s core. Do you know of this?”
    Exhaling hard she rubbed her forehead. “And just how do you propose we get to it? Wait, is what you want titanium?”
    He scrunched his eyes and nodded. “It is called by another name where I come from.”
    “And what would that be?”
    “You could not pronounce it. Suffice it to say it also exists in abundance on my world as well. At one time, we used it for...” He shook his head. “You know too much already.”
    He was quiet again. “You may be putting yourself in danger with those who govern your world. If they were to find me with you—” His words stopped and he appeared concerned.
    For her safety?
    “I need but a diminutive amount.”
    “T’Kon, what you need, it can’t be easily acquired.”
    He released a ragged breath. “I feared as much.”

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Five
     
    “Hold on a minute.” Maya’s eyes lit up and she retreated into her bedroom.
    “What are you doing?” she heard him call as she closed the door and shut herself inside. She went to her dresser and opened her jewelry box. Her hands fished around until she pulled out a shinning, gray pendant two inches in diameter suspended from a chain and in the shape of a sphere. She ran her fingers over the inscription then clutched the pendant tight.
    T’Kon stopped pacing and glanced up when she returned to the room. She stretched out a palm. “It’s pure,” she said admiring it. “Pure titanium.”
    He looked from her hand to her face and back again.
    “Take it.” Her eyes misted.
    He lifted the object and examined it.
    “It is the element I need,” he said finally. “And the weight and size is just right.”
    She looked away.
    “What is this I feel from you? The object—it means something to you?” He reached out and grasped her shoulders turning her to face him. “What? Tell me?”
    “It’s nothing.” She left his side and moved toward the window, placing her arms around her body. “Really, I’m fine. It was a gift from my father before he died.”
    T’Kon studied the sphere closely. “There are glyphs on its surface.”
    “Yes,” she sighed. “The words say, ‘ To my daughter. The stars await us .’ He would have wanted you to have it, of course.”
    “This father, he liked space travel?”
    “He would have loved it if it had been possible. He loved space travelers. Extra Terrestrial was not just a fantasy in his eyes.” She turned back to T’Kon and spoke quietly. “It would have excited him to no end to know you truly exist and are actually here.” She shrugged and a faraway smile crept in. “The pendant is yours. Please take it in the name of Colin Belle, my father.” She took the pendant from his hand and placed it around his neck.
    Maya tingled as he scrutinized her, observing every inch of her body with his incredible ice blue eyes.
    “I am honored.” He spoke low and then bowed his head before her in respect.
    “We have to go,” he said.
    “Yes,” she replied.

    They drove over the saffron sanded dunes toward the crash site. She glanced at the seat next to her. “That’s amazing, you know, the way you can make yourself invisible like that. We have reptilian creatures here that can camouflage but it’s nothing like you’re doing. You’re still there, aren’t you?”
    “Yes, Maya, I am here,” he said in his sensual, gravelly tone. “It is an evolved process,” he added, “this ability to shield.”
    “It’s fantastic, that’s what it is.” She glanced his way. “I