He left me on a hike in Alaska, three days before a snowstorm. He thought I'd die. I didn't. I thought I knew him. I didn't. I didn't know him at all.

A mysterious job interview. A shady looking warehouse. Aliens. Emily Cartell is in the for the ride of her life when a promising job interview flips her entire life upside down. She can hardly deal with men from her own planet; how is she going to handle men from out of this world? _________ *This story is COMPLETED :) * I am now moving through chapters heavily editing to fix plot holes and make the story better in hopes of entering this years Watty Awards. Edits will be posted all at the same time so that the story will make sense. What you are currently reading is the version before the edit is posted. Thanks! Please point out anything (kindly) that you see, or that may be a plot hole so when I edit it I can make sure to fix it :) *This story contains swearing and descriptive sexual content. Rankings: #1 - Adult Romance #1 - Paranormal #1 Fantasy-Romance / 01-08-2020 #1 Aliens / 22-10-2021 #2 - Scifi-Romance #3 - Fantasy-Romance #6 - Alien #9 - Young Adult #57 - War #306 - Teen

On his planet, women don't choose, they're chosen. When a male claims a life partner, it is final. Permanent. Absolute. Belle, a university student, travels to this uncharted world for research. But she's unprepared for Thraxos, the towering, pale-blue warrior who rules with unchallenged strength and sees her as the one thing he's been missing. He's never chosen a life partner. Never needed one. Until her. But Thraxos doesn't love the way humans do. His affection is possession. His protection is control. And Belle's fire only draws him closer. Now, caught in a place where her voice means little and her body is his to claim, Belle must decide: resist the darkness, or surrender to the one male she was never meant to survive.