I don't play by the rules . . . until her.

Maisie: I'm tired of being scared, but fear is like a constant companion these days. Some big blue alien stole the last of my friends, and now I'm alone as a prisoner on a spaceship on my way back to the planet that stole everything from me.

I thought I'd seen the last of the blue aliens, until suddenly I'm staring into the eyes of one as he gets ready to fire a laser right into the cockpit where I sit. And at this point in my life, I'm thinking this might be the best way to go.

Maddic: I'm minding my own business when an enemy aircraft tries to shoot me out of the sky. Of course I'm going to retaliate, and as I line up my final shot, something from inside the enemies cockpit catches my eye—the face of a terrified human female.

Now I'm trying to save both of us from hurtling to the ground and going splat. I figure that's my most difficult task yet. I don't factor in learning that this human is my mate, and if I don't get her to trust me, we're never getting home.

Contains mature themes.