Kels stared at the window vid before him, watching as the
jungle and ruins dwindled beneath the vessel. They disappeared from view as the
shuttle nosed upward and hurtled toward the sky.
Almost immediately, warning pings alerted him to hostile
ships heading their way. Dergan confirmed. “We have incoming.”
On the heels of his statement, an alarm beeped. Kels scowled
at instrumentation flashing yellow. “We can’t hold top speed. Structural
integrity is compromised where they blasted the hatch.”
Dergan swore. “Stupid ship. It didn’t indicate there was any
such problem when we flew into the jungle.”
They’d left the com open to the spyship, and Captain Rosark
was quick to interject. “Hold on as best you can. Fighters are thirty seconds
away.”
“I see them on the readout. Earther ships are closing fast
though.” Kels’s mouth was dry as he watched the monitors.
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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