Someone wants to hurt me. I'm sure of it as soon as I wake up on Nebula Outpost, rescued after ten years of being stranded on a planet full of death and pain. Without protection, the company responsible for all that suffering will do whatever it takes to silence me. Zyrus is my protector. He's stoic and achingly familiar. I've been stranded for a decade, so how can I know him? His touch is electrifying, but he sacrificed his emotions long before we met. He can't feel anything, least of all desire for me. So why does fire burn in his eyes every time he's near me? And how can I unleash the passion I know he has hidden inside of him?