They crept forward. To Maryam, it was as if they moved
barely an inch with each step. Her skin crawled, imagining some invisible
menace tiptoeing on her heels, ready to take a bite out of her. When dim light
filtered through the trees at last, she should have been relieved. Instead, she
feared catching a glimpse of dripping fangs and stiletto claws an instant
before they sliced into her. She didn’t dare peek over her shoulder, convinced
she’d see a monster straight out of a nightmare.
They stepped into a circular clearing, lit by the blue
Earth-like planet that ruled the sky. Sticks and foliage underfoot gave way to
softer ground cover. Maryam dared to look behind when they neared the center of
the small space.
The surrounding woods were like a corral, fencing her and
her companions in. Within the shadows, large shapes shifted and moved.
“There.” Maryam pointed.
“All around us,” Kels corrected.
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Defying Earth laws and beliefs,
putting her life in danger, Maryam carries the child of a grieving Kalquorian
clan—and falls in love with men she can’t have.
Maryam left Earth’s repressive
regime and her ruined dreams years ago. She lives on an alien space station,
trying to forget her disappointments. Then a young, pregnant Kalquorian woman,
seeking one last adventure, barrels into her life. High-spirited Briel reminds
Maryam of all she’s given up on.
Matara Briel is soon followed to
the station by her clan, three older men exasperated with her antics. Clan Kels
has one mission: to reclaim their wayward lifemate. When the discovery is made
that Earther women can carry Kalquorian men’s children and save their people
from extinction, Dramok Kels is tasked with a new mission by his government:
bring Maryam to Kalquor, by force if necessary.
Abducted, Maryam is determined
to resist her kidnappers at every turn. Earth declares her corrupted and orders
her execution for sinful relations with the Kalquorians, a charge she is
innocent of. They attack the ship taking her to the Kalquorian Empire, leading
to unthinkable tragedy—the death of Briel.
Discovering Dramok Kels, Imdiko
Pana, and Nobek Dergan are not the ruthless enemies she believed them to be,
Maryam makes a deal—she’ll carry their unborn child to term if they set her
free afterward. However, she’s not prepared for the impossible love that
explodes between her and Clan Kels, a love they dare not act on.
Or will they?
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