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

She shoved her few items of clothes into a pack, along with all the credits she’d been hoarding for emergencies. She had no idea how much money Ares might have squirreled away, though she suspected he was a man who ensured he always had the necessary means to get the job done. His claim that it wasn’t easy to get an unregistered shuttle off a starbase was only half the story. In her experience, it wasn’t cheap either. They would need all the resources they could get. There was no telling what pitfalls might lie ahead of them as they tried to get to the root of what was going on.


The only thing she had left was her safebox.


Chapter 32