Tara, a crashed pilot, has spent months being waved in front of the arena fighters as a pleasure option. There have been no takers. The day that a fighter looks at her and promises to make her his, Tara’s life freezes. She watches him fight and wants him to win, but is terrified of the consequences if he does. Galeno has no interest in the arena. His sole interest is in the soft female sitting on the podium. She is his and it will be a short time before she knows it.

Ariana signed away her rights to her own life and finds herself changed in every way. Growing gills is hard enough, but adapting to life under water takes more nerve than she thought. Javil has requested Ariana as his wife because she fits his ideal image of the woman he wants for life. When he meets the woman transformed at his request into a water breather he has to admit, he has great taste.

Jayne is a hunter on assignment, but she and her partner have been captured and put in an unenviable position. Tied to a rack, Jayne is bled while her partner Denel is tormented into a foaming frenzy. When he is given her blood as a key for attack she closes her eyes but what happens is way out of her jurisdiction.

Sofee takes worlds and brings them to life using all the tech the Alliance has to offer combined with her own strength of mind. On Nero she meets her first Avatar and falls hard. Venel-Nero uses every means at his disposal to make Sofee comfortable, even giving his bed to her when she obviously needs it. Of course, he is in it as well, but it is a small price to pay for a good night’s sleep.