She killed her kidnapper. Now she has to survive her alien coworker.
He thinks she's the most dangerous thing in the galaxy. She thinks they're friends. They are both correct.
Lily has killed exactly one person, stolen exactly one spaceship, and is having, by her own estimation, an excellent year. Her new alien coworker does not share this assessment.
After two galactic years adrift with only her ship's AI for company, Lily just needs work and a reason to stay somewhere. What she gets is the most infuriating, formidable male in twelve star systems — forced into her orbit whether he likes it or not.
What she gets is Khar.
Former Intergalactic Legion. Apex warrior of his species. Completely convinced he is the most formidable being in every room he enters. He is not wrong about that either. Until Lily.
His unmatched gym record? Gone. His spotless work rate? Hers now. His ego? In emergency reconstruction.
Forced to work alongside her, Khar can't decide what's more dangerous — her uncanny ability to outperform him at everything, or the fact that she hasn't noticed she's doing it.
Lily, meanwhile, is just thrilled to have made a friend.
She has absolutely no idea.
He notices. And something ancient and irreversible has already begun — because for his kind, attachment isn't a feeling. It's a biological event. Permanent. Possessive. And completely outside his control.
The strongest in the galaxy is falling.
She won't see it coming until she can't escape it.
Tropes:
- Rivals to lovers
- Fated mates
- Alien / human romance
- Forced proximity
- He falls first
- Oblivious heroine
- Competent and not sorry about it
- Jealous AI with opinions about the hero
- Found family
- Action and banter
- Spicy from the midpoint
- Guaranteed HEA
