Whatever it takes, I will never leave HER! ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me. But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate. He is the most handsome man I have ever seen but I’m not sure I’m ready to surrender myself to him. I’m a marine and Earth still needs its fighters. XANDROS: Going to Colynth to smooth things over with King Crough is the last thing I wanted to do. Finding a merrily—female—tied to my bed, and another holding a blaster to my head, I expected even less. Most of all though, I never would have thought I’d find my mekarry in her. Now I just need to figure out how to make the stubborn merrily understand that she is MINE, as well as a way for us to stay together.