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She walked away from one worthless ex—and somehow ended up with five powerful mates. He thought losing him would leave her with nothing. Instead, she kept getting stronger: cleansing fallen warriors, bonding with the hive core, pulling allies to her side, and unlocking one rare ability after another. ===== Chapter 1 Anja's eyes snapped open. A spike of pain, sharp and blinding, shot through her skull. It felt like her brain being split in two. She gasped, a ragged sound in the dead quiet of the room, her hand flying to her forehead as if she could physically hold the pieces of her mind together. The bed was wrong. It was too soft, the sheets like cool silk against her skin. A low hum vibrated through the mattress, a subtle, calming frequency. Her bedroom in her tiny off-campus apartment had a lumpy mattress and scratchy polyester sheets. Memories, not her own, crashed into her consciousness. The Commonwealth. A sprawling interstellar empire. Genetic corruption. Psionic abilities. The ratio of females to males was one to one hundred thousand. Females were rare, precious assets, revered wherever they went. A society where matrimonial contracts were brokered by a central authority dedicated to finding males worthy of their scarce females. And a name. Kenny Mcdaniel. Her fiancé. Before she could fully process any of it, a voice rang out from the doorway. "Even if I die, even if I get exiled to a barren mining planet, I will never form a bond with you!" The door to the bedroom slammed open, the sound cracking through the silence like a gunshot. A man strode in. He was tall, with sandy blond hair and a suit that was trying too hard to look expensive. It was tailored just a little too tight across the shoulders, the fabric a synthetic blend that caught the light with a cheap sheen. He carried himself with an unearned arrogance, his chin tilted up as he looked down his nose at her. Kenny Mcdaniel. The name clicked into place with a fresh wave of nausea. He sneere
