Jamie Craig

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

“Are we really going to let her walk away?” she hissed.


“You’re the one who wanted to come down here,” he reminded. “Now that we have, what option do we have?”


“We leave her and blow the building anyway. Don’t tell me you’re not tempted.”


Dark anger flickered for a moment in his eyes, then slowly dissipated. “And then what happens?”


“We?” His pulse throbbed in his throat.


The query hung between them. The longer he didn’t speak, the more she wondered what he expected her to say. “Yes, we,” she finally said, just to break the silence. “What was the point of finding me if you didn’t expect me to stay?”


“You’re the one who said I didn’t have a wife.”


“You don’t have the woman you knew. You have me.”


“That’s all I’ve wanted. You’re all I’ve ever wanted.”


Chapter 53