He offered them escape. He never expected to find a family. Former trauma nurse Kara Macintosh is a survivor. When she and her non-verbal son Rory are abducted by aliens she fights with everything she has to keep them together only to have the pair of them sold to the owner of a brutal asteroid mine. Although her medical skills are enough to keep them alive it’s a constant battle for survival—until a huge scarred Cire warrior comes to their rescue. Captain Thraxar doesn’t get involved. Since the future of his race was destroyed by the Red Death he survives by keeping his distance—from danger from others and especially from feelings. Despite his rules he can’t resist coming to the aid of a beautiful defiant female and her silent child. He promises to take them to safety even though safety is hard to find in this part of the galaxy. Experience has taught Kara to be wary of anyone who seems too good to be true but Thraxar’s gruff kindness and his pati