"You will submit to me even if I have to chase you to the ends of the universe..." he hissed at me as I launched myself through my bedroom window, leaving him struggling to undo the chains that bound him to my bed. It had been ten years since I had escaped the crushing clutches of an Alien who thought that my blood was his birthright. Ten years of trying to stay ahead of him. Ten years of hoping that the mating bond I'd forced on us would weaken enough so he wouldn't find me. Ten years of hating his people for what they did to my family. Ten years of secretly wishing he'd find me and claim me anyway.

After promising not give up on one another, Lou has never stopped waiting for her older lover Zach, who is trapped by his mother's web of threats to Lou. Her life has changed a lot since the last time she saw him, but she has still kept herself off the market. The question is, after all these years...has he?

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.