For two years, Ares Gallo has been ransacking the galaxy for the woman who meant everything to him. They trained together, killed together, loved together, but now, Anicka Dekker doesn't even know who he is. All she knows every time she meets the enigmatic, scarred stranger is that a part of her trusts him. An even larger part desires him. In any and every way she can have him. Ares wants his wife back. Despite the scars that have changed his appearance and the chronic pain that destroyed his career, he follows Anicka from planet to planet, finding her in seedy bars, stately palaces, and everywhere in between. Every time they have a few moments of pure bliss, his hope blooms that this time…things will be different. Then, STRIKE, the organization that wanted them dead, tears them apart, erasing Anicka's memories, and Ares has to start all over again. But even if she can't remember him, he's certain she'll recognize their bond. Sooner or later.

Across the Universe

Sheeryn appeared unaffected. She scrambled to her feet and took off in a dead run for one of the abandoned warehouses.


He scanned the ground around him for the weapons he’d dropped. His knife would be useless, but the gun was another matter. He scooped it up with one hand, cringing against the fresh pain bleeding into his brain, and swung it around to aim at Sheeryn. She was too far away for a solid kill shot. Destroying the destabilizer was another matter.


The peals ended, with Sheeryn’s shout of pain coming on top of their absence. She lurched to her left, thrown both by the force of the impact and that he’d very likely shattered her pelvis when he got the destab. He didn’t wait to see where she dragged herself off to. Anicka needed him.


Chapter 15