In a galaxy still scarred by decades of war, Aileen a luminous envoy born from starlight and science is sent to negotiate peace with humanity. Her task seems clear: stop another conflict before it begins and safeguard her people's fragile hope. Then she meets Commander Reyna, the sharp-minded, battle-tested leader of Earth's fleet, and the lines between duty and desire start to blur.
Drawn together by shared guilt and an impossible pull, Aileen and Reyna find themselves tangled in secrets that could reignite the very war they're trying to end. Every promise carries a cost. Every truth threatens to break what little trust remains. And buried in Aileen's genetic code lies a mystery powerful enough to shatter both empires.
As loyalties fracture and feelings deepen, two women must choose between the futures they were built to protect and the one they dare to imagine.
What happens when love itself becomes the price of peace?
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Every story in the Aileen series stands alone, yet each reveals another fragment of her eternal search for love among the stars.
Across galaxies and ages, one name keeps returning Aileen. She's an alien wanderer, endlessly curious about the beauty and mess of human connection. Every planet reshapes her a little: a flash of neon light, the hush of waves against a forgotten shore, the quiet ache of a dying world. Through it all, she learns that love strange, fierce, imperfect is the force that binds everything together. What will she find at the edge of the stars when even forever begins to feel human?
