She's only a mission. Until she becomes his everything. Zarik would do anything to regain his honor. Even step out of the shadows to try to help one of the frail human females regain her memory. But with every clue, he's less interested in righting the wrongs of his own past, and more about keeping her safe. Keeping her at his side. Just keeping her. Miri has no past. Waking alone in the forest, she stumbles into a strange new world, with giant alien warriors living along side humans. And a devastating war that somehow she missed. Or did she? Zarik is determined to find out what happened to her. But is she just a path to scrub away the stain of his past? Or is there something more growing between them? Zarik is the twelfth book in the Conquered World science fiction romance series. Each book features the romance of a new couple, with alpha male alien warriors and women who don't put up with their nonsense. No cheating, no cliffhangers, HEA guaranteed!