6 Miranda Staring up at my new mate, I couldn’t believe this was really happening to me. He’d just told off the entire ship. For me. Stripped naked, shed the uniform of the Coalition to be mine. He couldn’t go save the world naked. I couldn’t believe he was mine. Really, truly mine. I’d met him less than an hour ago, and yet I knew he was wholly devoted to me. The completely insane psychic link between us through the collars was like some kind of miracle. I could feel what he was feeling. Knew he meant every word he said. Knew exactly how much he desired me. Only me. The truth of it was undeniable and I’d never felt anything like it before. No one had ever wanted me the way he did. No one. Not even… No. I wasn’t going to think about him. Not now, with this beautiful Prillon captain be

