In a future where anything alien is mistrusted, Commander Xander Vargas hides who he is. Reassignment to a new ship is the second chance he needs, and spoiling it isn’t an option. Until he meets his one temptation, a woman his alien genes would kill for. Sergeant Thandi Kruger finds herself under the care of the navy’s sexiest cybertech doctor. She should resist him, but she’s fascinated, and his mysterious eyes hold a dozen secrets she’s eager to uncover. Although they’re divided by rank and his past, there are bigger problems in the galaxy. Cyborgs like Thandie are vanishing from colonies—and the navy—at an alarming rate. Xander may have to kill for her, after all.