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

“They took her planetside an hour after they walked out of here. On an unregistered shuttle headed for our old stomping grounds.”


Anicka scanned the shuttle’s trajectory. Though the flight was off the books, orbital satellites placed the landing near the hangar where they’d dumped Sheeryn and her bodyguard’s bodies. “That fucking Vander,” she muttered. “He led Circe straight to it.”


“Should I find Vander again?” Espen said. “He might have details we need.”


Ares shook his head. “He’s a pawn.”


“And I’m not risking another leak,” Anicka added. “The last thing we need is to give Circe the heads-up we’re onto her.”


The gaze Ares leveled at her was hard and assessing. “You know they’ve probably killed her.”


“I know that’s a possibility. I can’t walk away without knowing for sure.” Ares had to see that. He understood so much else about her.


His curt nod was made even more so when he turned back to his comm. “I’ll get our clearance to head back to Tiessa then.”


Chapter 49