We thought they were our only hope. Our salvation. But now I fear they may be our destruction… My mate has crossed solar systems to find me. I can sense him, even if I cannot reach him through our bond. But when we finally come together, our union is nothing like I imagined. Despite our rising attraction, Dakar refuses to claim me as his mate until he rids the universe of the one responsible for the genocide of the Ximeran females—his own brother. When my family is threatened, it becomes clear our paths are more intertwined than I ever realized. More, even, than just the lives of a shifter and her mate. His war is my war. And convincing him to accept my mark may be our only hope of surviving the battle to come.