In a future where the United States is slowly rebuilding itself, Omega Travis Danten is a big city cop sent to a seemingly desolate city on the edge of the Waste. This desert is full of undesirables, and it’s only a matter of time before they wreak havoc. But, Omegas are always assigned Alphas, and his new partner’s job is to protect him.<br><br>But SdAI Alpha Virgil is not at all amused with the partner who chose him. Travis is willful and naive to the dangers a homicide detective faces here, and it makes Virgil’s job that much harder. And Travis, of course, is human and develops feelings, feelings that go beyond the rules about Omega/Alpha partnerships.<br><br>Travis and Virgil have to find common ground, find a killer, and find space for each other in their own hearts, even if one is artificial.

Artificial Heart

“Gotta get up for a minute, Virgil,” he soothed. “I’ll be right back.”


Virgil grumbled into Travis’ back like a petulant brat, and then drew his hands away with a slow caress. Alphas.Travis grinned as he stood. Virgil groaned behind him, and Travis turned around to find his partner had rolled onto his back with a grimace. He planted a hard kiss on his mate’s pliant lips and hustled off naked to do his business as quick as he could.


Not one of Virgil’s fingers had even twitched out of that sprawled pout in the couple of minutes Travis was out of the room. He smiled when his mate opened pearlescent eyes that tracked him as Travis came back to bed. For a moment, he stood and gazed down at Virgil, a sudden need to memorize the way his alpha looked in that second seized him.


Chapter 29