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

“What if she doesn’t remember?” Anicka pressed.


He didn’t pause before answering her this time. “Then I find other ways to remind her. Maybe if I can find the right way, she won’t forget again.”


His gray eyes—the same ones she’d been captivated by since meeting him, the same ones she’d both seen go feral in a fight and dark with passion—now regarded her with barely disguised expectation. That was wrong. One of the reasons she’d been so impressed by him from the start was how inscrutable he could be. Nobody knew until it was too late what was going through Ares Gallo’s head. Even she wasn’t immune. When he’d carried her to safety after Sheeryn had activated her destabilizer, she’d had no idea of his potential interest in her until his touch had proven deceptively gentle wiping away the blood.


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