Xera is a weapon forged in absolute loyalty. A Conqueror who has never questioned the Viltrum Empire, she returns from a successful campaign only to witness her world tear itself apart. Thragg, the new Emperor, has ordered a planet-wide purge; only the strongest will remain. As billions perish around her, Xera does what she has always done: she kills. And kills. And kills. When the blood settles, her name sits second only to Conquest himself. Thragg does not know her. He has never heard of the unaffiliated Conqueror who nearly matched his most violent asset. But the numbers do not lie. Curiosity is a rare thing for the former Grand Regent, and Xera has earned it. She is not afraid of him. She respects his position, his strength, his vision for the Empire. But respect is not submission. And Thragg will learn that some weapons do not simply serve. What begins as a summons becomes something far more dangerous. She is chosen to carry his bloodline, to stand at his side as mate and consort. And when Thragg looks upon the warrior who has proven herself beyond all doubt, he does what no Viltrumite Emperor has done before: he raises her up. Not because she demanded it. Because she earned it. She becomes Viltrum's Empress, not by conquest, but by his recognition of her worth. From the ashes of a world consumed by its own culling, a bond is forged in violence, tested in blood, and crowned in fire. He is the Emperor. She is his Empress. And together, they will remind the galaxy why Viltrum rules.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓 | Andrea Maxwell is done with athletes. Growing up as Beau Maxwell's little sister meant spending her whole life around post-game parties, locker room egos, and boys who treated love like a temporary distraction. After catching her high school boyfriend cheating on her, Andrea becomes convinced college athletes are all the same: charming, emotionally detached, and incapable of loving anyone for longer than a night. So when her film professor assigns a semester-long documentary project, Andrea decides to expose them. The Secret Lives of College Athletes starts as a cynical look into the culture she's spent years resenting - the hookups, the ghosting, the performative affection girls mistake for something real. What Beau and his best friend Dean Di Laurentis don't know is that Andrea already has her conclusion before filming even begins. But the more time she spends embedded in their world, the more her carefully built theories begin to crack - especially when Dean becomes the person helping her most. Late nights editing in her dorm turn into laughter, lingering glances, and moments of sincerity Andrea never expected to capture on camera. Because Dean Di Laurentis is supposed to be everything she hates in a college athlete. And falling for him might ruin every belief she's ever had about love.