Hunted By Zkari

Run. Resist. Break—because in the Mate Hunt, the alien never lets his prey go.

My court-martial or thirty days in an alien jungle.
I chose the jungle. I chose wrong.
Because the hunter waiting for me doesn’t just want to catch me.
He wants to unravel me.

The steaming world of Vorthak reeks of him—territorial markers soaked into the earth, his presence saturating every shadow. The preparation tonic twists his scent into a drug, making my body recognize what my mind refuses to accept: I’ve walked into the territory of my perfect biological match.
Zkari doesn’t chase. He stalks. He clears dangers from my path. Leaves me food and water. Watches while I learn that in this lethal jungle, he isn’t the threat—he’s the only reason I survive.

And then he teaches me what survival will cost.
Each time he lets me go, my resistance crumbles. Each encounter leaves me emptier, needier, closer to surrender. My soldier’s training says fight. My pride says resist.

But my body?
It knows exactly who I was made for.

When this hunter finally decides I’m his, I won’t just let him claim me.
I’ll beg for it.

A scorching sci-fi romance featuring psychological warfare, primal hunger, and a heroine who learns that surrender can be its own kind of strength.