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Rand’s into a weird molten bioelectric talent.”
    “So, if I already have a talent and hook up with a W’lyn, what will happen?”
    Beryl grinned, “A hookup? Nothing. If you trade bites, it will be something else entirely. You would only get an alteration to your talent if your mate had his own power.”
    The teapot flew slowly through the kitchen and headed for the dining room table with the cups and accessories.
    When six places set themselves without a sound, Polly looked curiously at Wren as she finished the dishes and pulled the cookies out of the oven.
    Beryl fixed her hair and straightened her shoulders. “Wren is never wrong about this.”
    “About what?”
    Wren took a prepared roast out of the cooler and she slid it into the oven. “The boys are home.”
    The skimmer appeared outside the dining room window, and three exhausted men left the vehicle and came inside.
    Wren looked up and smiled. “Tea and kisses after you shower and clean up.”
    The men smiled tiredly and went past the ladies and headed into the base.
    Polly raised her eyebrows, “Tea and kisses?”
    Beryl grinned. “It was Wren’s way of making sure that they showered before trying to have sex with us. It also lets the adrenaline drain from their systems. They can come home a little keyed up. It doesn’t make for the best judgement.”
    Wren snorted, “And it is hell on the laundry.”
    Polly was still laughing when the men returned all neat and clean.
    True to what was promised, Beryl got to her feet, crossed over to Toyo and pulled his crimson head down to hers. The kiss was carnal in the extreme, and Polly had just averted her eyes from one couple to the next as they were leaning back on the counter for a lip lock that involved hands and one thigh.
    Loesh shook his head and took a seat at the table. He smiled at Polly. “You get used to it.”
    She couldn’t abide that there was no one to give him a welcome-home kiss, so she got up, walked around the table and pressed a kiss to his cheek. “Welcome home.”
    He blinked and smiled shyly. “What was that for?”
    “You were promised tea and kisses for cleaning up. It wasn’t fair that you were the only one without a mate to administer the kisses.”
    He gave her a sly smile. “Kisses imply more than one.”
    She blushed and leaned in, pressing a soft kiss to his lips that escalated so quickly, she jerked back with her fingers to her lips. “Implication fulfilled.”
    Polly walked around the table and took her seat. The other clinches broke up and everyone sat at the table for afternoon tea as sandwiches floated toward them out of the cooler.
    Toyo smiled politely at her and said, “I have heard good things about you, Polly.”
    “I have heard a few things about you as well. One or two can even be mentioned in polite society.”
    Toyo grinned, his scarlet hair gleaming from its washing. “That sounds like you were speaking to Beryl. Wren is far more circumspect.”
    Wren grinned, and Drovin lifted her hand to his lips, pressing a soft kiss against it.
    “Where were you today, gentlemen?” Polly thought she would start the conversation.
    Toyo sighed, “A wildfire started on a hillside and we had to create a barrier as well as evacuate two towns in a matter of hours. We could have used Rand and Nanette.”
    “They will be back soon enough, honey. The repairs to the town are almost finished.” Beryl soothed him.
    “How do you know?”
    “Because Nanette can work a com line. It was a nice conversation. She looks forward to returning to the base. I am glad we finished the additions.”
    Polly cocked her head. “Additions?”
    “Yes, things get a little noisy when Toyo and I let ourselves go, so it was necessary to give us separate quarters. Rand and Nanette have talents that need extra space for heat and insulation against the electrical impulses during intimate moments. So, they got a new pod.”
    Polly chuckled. “What about you?”
    Wren grinned. “I am the base