She was supposed to be dead. He decided she was property.
Sarah Jenkins wakes from cryo-sleep to a nightmare: she is a captive on the warship of Warlord Derrick, a seven-foot-tall alien who views her not as a person, but as salvage under galactic law. Dragged to his harsh desert homeworld of Xylos, Sarah is thrust into a brutal clan culture that views her softness as weakness. But Derrick’s cold assessment quickly burns into a primal, possessive hunger.
When he marks her, forging a fated bond that defies logic, Sarah transforms from captive to Queen, earning her place by blade and by blood. Yet, their newfound kingdom is threatened. When Earth forces arrive with an ultimatum to return her or face war, Sarah must make an impossible choice: return to the humanity that forgot her, or stand and fight beside the alien monster who claimed her soul.
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