Christine fell in love with Othim before he ever opened his eyes.
Frozen inside a suspension tube beneath the surface of Tajss, the scarred Zmaj warrior should be a stranger. Instead, the moment Christine sees him, something in her soul clicks into place. She teaches herself written Zmaj, studies the ancient machinery keeping him asleep, and secretly dreams of the life they will build when he wakes.
Everyone else sees a dangerous experiment.
Christine sees her soulmate.
When she finally discovers the sequence that will release him, she acts without permission. The machine malfunctions, Othim nearly dies during the awakening, and Christine learns that saving him from stasis may have condemned him to something worse.
His two hearts are falling out of rhythm.
He has days to live.
Othim was once a member of the Breakers, an elite military unit sent into the darkest conflicts in the galaxy. The scientists of Bunker 42 took his wings, grafted alien limbs onto his body, and turned a decorated soldier into a weapon. An old battle injury stole his voice, leaving him able to speak only through signs and the machine that was taken from him.
But he does not need words to recognize Christine.
She is his treasure. His other half. The female he will protect with whatever time remains.
Christine refuses to accept the death sentence. The equipment that could save him lies beyond their reach, while the bunker Council will not risk another life to retrieve it. Her last hope is the Black Market, a ruthless organization that can obtain almost anything if the buyer is willing to pay.
Their price is Othim.
They want the altered warrior as an enforcer, and they are willing to use Christine to force his obedience.
When she is kidnapped and Othim is ordered to murder an innocent woman in exchange for her life, the silent soldier must choose between the brutal purpose he was built to serve and the future Christine believes they were destined to share.
Christine woke a warrior the world calls a monster.
Now she will fight beside him, expose the darkness consuming the bunker, and prove that their impossible love is stronger than fear, fate, or death.
Experiment O7H1M is a steamy love-at-first-sight alien romance featuring a bookish heroine, a mute and genetically altered warrior, love before awakening, fated mates, a life-or-death countdown, protective devotion, black-market danger, kidnapping, rescue, found family, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
