Newly re-editedThe Theron Warrio race was being exterminated by the Drylons in a war that has lasted for ten years now. Earth held the first compatible mates they had come across since the Warriors had begun their search of the universe for mates. The Therons needed Earth's females in order to have any hope of surviving and would give the humans anything in a bargain to obtain females. Avery was minding her own business on her way home from work one evening when she noticed that she was being pursued and surrounded by large shadows that followed her every move. Her life on Earth was taken from her in an instant. Put up for auction to the highest bidder, she was expected to accept this new life with this huge, muscular, alien man who had the most gorgeous purple eyes she had ever seen. The man standing before stirred up feelings that she desperately tired to ignore, while her body betrayed her mind. He vowed to protect her with his life and would do anything to make her his, but was she willing to give him her heart and never see her home again?Zeb knew from the first moment that he touched the small Earth female that she was to be his. He was going to have to work hard at convincing her that they belonged together, but would he be able protect her from another warrior who had ideas of revenge against her while continuing on the mission of eliminating the main threat to their home and existence.