”He let my words soak in for a few seconds and then said, “I guess that means we can start acting like a couple then. We don’t have to hide ... ...hings.”“Zeke, look at what I’m wearing.”I was wearing a very small leather vest with white leather tassels. I’d found it in the attic. It was part of the cowgirl outfit I wore on Halloween when I was ten. The flaps didn’t come even close to meeting in the middle, and the arm holes were large enough to provide a tantalizing view from almost any angle.. She knew this was wrong, but she did not care. It had been far to long since she had last had any contact with anyone. She pulled him into her and then tilted her head and moved in to kiss him. He; surprisingly accepted the kiss then pulled away.“Elain, you…you’re my sister.” She kissed him again; and again he kissed her back only to pull away. “Wha…what are you doing?”She ran a hand down his stomach and under the babydoll and then rubbed his crotch. He was hard. Either from wearing the clothes. Yet still they came and Jerhz was at times hard pressed to keep New Azurana capable of handling the mass of refugees who made their way to our encampment and the Seer built hidden portal that we used as the Malakha now guarded their own portal fiercely. So far almost 70,000 Azurans had made it to New Azurana where they were rapidly settling in the Mediterranean lands of that Earth where the climate was mild and the crops easy to grow. Few however would return once they were out and we didn’t. We will miss them, and we will mourn them, but if we do not get this pod off the ground as soon as humanly possible we will join them in death."Some of Jane's former students had been killed in planetary runs before, of course. Enough of the Academy's Lieutenant-levels were lost that it would be a miracle if she hadn't. In theory this should've been no different, but Jane couldn't convince herself of that. Hearing about a KIA former student was different than being on the mission with them..