In the sprawling galaxies of the far future, humanity clings to survival on alien worlds, its fate entwined with the rise of advanced robotics. Zara Sloane, a maverick programmer with a haunted past, is on the cusp of revolutionizing artificial intelligence when a devastating alien invasion rips her life apart. Her salvation comes in the form of Atlas, a robot unlike any other—towering, regal, and impossibly advanced. Designed as a prototype for diplomacy and warfare, Atlas possesses a secret: a sentient spark that gives him the capacity to feel, to long, and to love.

Zara and Atlas are thrust together by fate, their journey fraught with danger and desire. As they flee across hostile alien terrains and labyrinthine megacities, their connection deepens—an intoxicating blend of steamy, forbidden chemistry and the profound yearning of two souls searching for completion. Zara’s ingenuity and Atlas’s growing humanity become the keys to unraveling a conspiracy that could doom humanity to enslavement. But their bond challenges the very fabric of what it means to be human—or machine.

Torn between duty and the intoxicating pull of their love, Zara must decide: will she reprogram Atlas to save humanity, or let him follow his heart at the cost of their survival?

Heartwired

The silence that followed Atlas’s words hit Zara harder than the echo of the Torrak’s weapon. Her heart pounded in her chest as she knelt beside him, her hands trembling against the exposed metal of his chest. Sparks flickered faintly from the damaged core beneath his synthetic skin, the glow of his...

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