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"I will go wherever you are. Even if I have to follow you forever. Even if I have to hunt you down..."TAYLORAs the resident historian, I've been recording everything that happens on this alien planet. Alliances, battles, and, of course, the whole alien/human mates phenomenon. But soon, there's a new name to add to the list of human lasses with mates: mine. I, Taylor Bruce, apparently have an alien fated mate. And not just any mate – the biggest, strongest monster of the Bitter Sea army wants to claim me. Ten feet tall and covered in golden scales that glint like armour, Tok looks more like something from a nightmare than a dream come true.But when Tok tells me there's an ancient alien records-keeping system back at the Bitter Sea to explore, I put aside my reservations and jump at the chance to travel there.With him. Alone.The more time I spend with this golden behemoth, the more I can't help but imagine his claws on my...

"I have always been a patient warrior. But now that I have her in my sights, I cannot wait to claim her..."SERENATo say I've been busy is an understatement. Between trying not to die on this hostile alien world and helping my newly-pregnant friends (I am a biologist, after all) I've had a lot going on. But when I stumble into the alien forge and find the huge, quiet weapons master Xyan there, I have a whole new task at hand. Xyan - the biggest, strongest, most serious alien I've ever met - offers to help me study the Sea Sand biology. I may be busy, but not too busy for that. I mean, who could refuse the opportunity to study the anatomy of a gorgeous alien man up close and personal? But the more time I spend with Xyan, the less academic my interest in him becomes.I'm falling for this stoic alien warrior. But he's totally unreadable, and he hasn't said anything about having a mate.Even so, I can't help but feel there's something between us.Maybe I can still love him even if he isn't meant to be my mate.I just have to figure out how to keep my heart in one piece in the process...XYANEven before the Lavrika came to me to show me my fated mate, I knew Zerena was mine. I've watched her, hungering, from afar for too long. I want to claim her. But at the same time, I do not want her to feel a sense of obligation towards me. The last thing I want is for her to feel pressured by the mate bond. So I try to coax her to me without telling her she is meant to be my mate. I try to win her on my own merit.But this proves more challenging than I'd anticipated, and miscommunication abounds.Perhaps I have gone astray. Perhaps I should simply tell her she is mine...I do not want her to feel trapped.Even though her beauty has already trapped me. Forever...

"I never wanted a mate. Until this troublesome human showed up and changed everything."PRIYALerokan is a huge pain in my human butt. He's cocky, obnoxious, and refuses to show me his face, hiding it behind a bone mask. He keeps saying he saved me from the battle.But all I see is the man who separated me from my friends.Luckily, he seems to find me just as annoying as I find him, and he agrees to take me back to my friends as soon as it's safe.But then a sudden storm traps us in a deep, dark cave...For days on end...Together.LEROKANI've been exiled from my tribe for sixty-two days, all because I don't want a mate. Well, that's fine. I'll wear the mask of an exile and remain alone out here if it means I don't have to lose myself in the mate bond.Only, I'm suddenly not so alone after I rescue a small boy from a brutal battle.Turns out, it's not a small boy. She's a female.I have now...

She may not be my mate, but I will do whatever it takes to stay by her side…ABBYI have a secret.I'm pregnant. With a human baby. And not a much-needed girl the Sea Sand Gahns would welcome.Nope. I'm carrying a 100% human male.So when the kind, quiet Bitter Sea warrior Kohka tells me he's leaving for the Deep Sky settlement, I convince (aka, beg) him to take me along. I just need to get away from here. Once in Deep Sky territory, I can lose Kohka and have my secret baby in a cave somewhere. Alone.It may not be the best plan, but it's the one I've got.The only problem?The longer I'm with Kohka, the less I want to leave him. He's stoic and self-effacing and awkwardly adorable in the sweetest possible way. He makes me feel safe. But if he finds out I'm pregnant, he'll drag me back to the settlement as fast as he can to try to keep me protected, even if it's the last thing my child needs.The safety of my baby boy must come first. I have to figure out my next steps in the Deep Sky territory on my own.Even if those steps lead me away from the one man I suddenly want to run to.KOHKAI once thought nothing was as beautiful as the Bitter Sea. Seeing Abby's face up close for the first time proved that wrong. It's not only her face I like – it's everything. Her kindness, her generosity, her laugh… The way that, when she looks at me, I almost feel special.I was not called by the Kell. She is not my mate…And yet, I want her to be. So when she comes to me for help, asking me to take her into the Deep Sky without telling me why, I cannot refuse her.I know that she is keeping something from me. But I decide I do not care. As long as I get remain by her side a little bit longer.But it doesn't last. Once we enter the Deep Sky, Abby disappears. And everything goes terrifyingly dark.I may never deserve her after losing her like this.But I will tear it all apart – the world, myself – to get her back.

This is book two of the Fated Mates of the Sea Sand Warlords series.

"I had nothing left to lose. Until her…" CAMILLEI've been assigned to go with the others to track down the life signs we saw on the ship scanners. We think there's another tribe out there. The journey might be dangerous, but I don't care. Frankly, I can't wait. Why?Because I'm certain my mate is out there.I want a mate. Badly. He doesn't seem to be here at the settlement.So he must be out there. In the sixth tribe beyond the Death Plains.Nothing will stop me from finding true love.Not even the grumpy, one-armed bastard Varrow who suddenly decides that I'm the biggest new thorn in his side.Varrow hates the food I make, he growls at me more than he talks, and he WILL NOT stop glaring at me.Worst of all, he's coming on the journey with us.I won't let him get in my way.But the more time we spend together travelling, the more I uncover about this dark and brooding warrior, and he less prickly he becomes. Or rather, I realize his prickliness seems to be protecting something. A soft spot.A secret.Suddenly, all my dreams of true love start to shift.And I no longer know what, or whom, I really want. VARROWIf there's anything life has taught me, it's that that which we love most destroys us most powerfully when it disappears. After losing my brother and my arm in one fell swoop, I've held fast to that lesson. Growing up in the Death Plains with no unmated females proved I'd never have a mate. So it's always been easier not to get attached. To anyone or anything.So why, oh why, can't I stay away from Cam-Eel?She is tiny, and strange, and she ruins the meat with foul concoctions.Whenever I speak to her, it seems to offend her.She smiles at others.But not at me.No matter how much she hates me, when I find out she is journeying beyond the hostile Death Plains, I volunteer to go too. For some reason, I cannot let her leave this place without me.And when the Lavrika calls me the night before we leave, that reason becomes abundantly clear.She is my mate.If only I knew how to tell her that.If only I knew how to deserve her.

"I will make my human mate see that I am strong enough to win her. Even if she makes me feel weak for the first time in my life..."STEPHANIETrue love is a concept I've never trusted. So, this whole alien fated mates thing? It makes no sense. The fact that the Vrika apparently chose the absolute worst partner for me only proves that the fated mate bond is all kinds of messed up.Gahn Errok is the epitome of arrogance. He's brash, ungrateful, offensive, and possibly the most dramatic man I've ever met in my life, human or alien. He swept into our Sea Sand settlement expecting I'd fall at his feet and go back to his mountains as his obedient little wife. Well, I am going to the mountains, but only to help with the human mission there. I am definitely not going because of him. Even if he annoyingly insists that one day I'll love him as much as he loves me.Alright, Gahn Errok. I'll take that bet.Because you are the last male on this...

"Now that I have found her, I refuse to lose her..."THERESAOne by one, I've seen my friends fall in love with the alien warriors on this planet. I'm so happy for them, but I can't help but feel jealous. More than any other single girl on this planet, I want what they have – a mate. After a childhood in foster care and an adulthood littered with crappy boyfriends, I just want to find my place. My home. Love. I want it more than anything, and I'm ready for it.What I'm not ready for? An enemy Gahn from beyond the mountains attacking our settlement in the dead of night. And even more than that? This bleeding Gahn with glinting silver eyes and brutal blades claims that I'm his mate.Baldor seeks to claim me. I'd waited for this moment. Craved it. But now that it's here, I'm not so sure I'm ready anymore.Baldor is hardened, fierce, and stubborn. Beneath his tough exterior, a dark pain looms inside him.And even as my feelings for this enemy Gahn grow, I'm not sure that I'm strong enough to let in the light.

"I have always been a patient warrior. But now that I have her in my sights, I cannot wait to claim her..."SERENATo say I've been busy is an understatement. Between trying not to die on this hostile alien world and helping my newly-pregnant friends (I am a biologist, after all) I've had a lot going on. But when I stumble into the alien forge and find the huge, quiet weapons master Xyan there, I have a whole new task at hand. Xyan - the biggest, strongest, most serious alien I've ever met - offers to help me study the Sea Sand biology. I may be busy, but not too busy for that. I mean, who could refuse the opportunity to study the anatomy of a gorgeous alien man up close and personal? But the more time I spend with Xyan, the less academic my interest in him becomes.I'm falling for this stoic alien warrior. But he's totally unreadable, and he hasn't said anything about having a mate.Even so, I can't help but feel there's something between...

"I had nothing left to lose. Until her..."CAMILLEI've been assigned to go with the others to track down the life signs we saw on the ship scanners. We think there's another tribe out there. The journey might be dangerous, but I don't care. Frankly, I can't wait. Why?Because I'm certain my mate is out there.I want a mate. Badly. He doesn't seem to be here at the settlement.So he must be out there. In the sixth tribe beyond the Death Plains.Nothing will stop me from finding true love.Not even the grumpy, one-armed bastard Varrow who suddenly decides that I'm the biggest new thorn in his side.Varrow hates the food I make, he growls at me more than he talks, and he WILL NOT stop glaring at me.Worst of all, he's coming on the journey with us.I won't let him get in my way.But the more time we spend together travelling, the more I uncover about this dark and brooding warrior, and he less...