He was bred for war. She was meant to be his sacrifice. But the beast inside him wants her as his mate.
When Earth’s last transport crashes on the wild moon of Xyra, human biologist Tessa Ward becomes the only survivor—until she’s found by the creature who rules the forest.
Eight feet of muscle and midnight skin, the Xyren Beast was created to kill anything that trespasses on his territory. But when his claws close around Tessa, his instincts falter. Her scent calls to the buried part of him that still remembers tenderness—and the word mate.
Captured in his lair of stone and starlight, Tessa learns there’s more than fury behind the alien’s glowing eyes. He guards a secret, one that could destroy what’s left of his kind. And the closer she gets, the more her body betrays her with need for the monster she should fear.
When the human military returns to “rescue” her, the beast inside him awakens. He’ll kill anyone who tries to take her. Even if that means losing what little remains of his soul.