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

The rest were scarily simple. In less than a minute, she, Ares, and Mariel were the only three left breathing.


Anicka flipped over the edge of the railing to drop to the barrels below. As she approached Mariel, the other woman looked past her shoulder, her gaze fixed on Ares.


“I can’t say I’m surprised you tagged along with her,” Mariel said to him. “Though I can’t say I didn’t hope.”


Anicka spoke before Ares could. “He’s here because I want him here. You should know that by now.”


The sound of Mariel’s snort was thick and wet. “You always did stop using common sense when he was around.”


“The same could be said for you.” She came to a halt in front of her, feeling Ares at her back. “You look like shit, Mariel. What happened?”


Chapter 51