Dr. Lambodino has spent her career perfecting the art of genetic compatibility, earning her the nickname Matchmaker among her colleagues. In the shadowy corridors of XVU’s elite research facility, she dissects Volderen DNA, shaping it to fortify human survival. To her, science is supreme, and compassion is irrelevant. The alien test subjects are nothing more than tools at her disposal.
But when Jetarin, a captive Volderen, challenges her steadfast allegiance to XVU’s propaganda and her oath to aid those in need, cracks begin to form in her beliefs. Ordered to terminate him, she hesitates,...
He was her experiment. Now hes her revolution.
Dr. Lambodino has spent her career perfecting the art of genetic compatibility, earning her the nickname Matchmaker among her colleagues. In the shadowy corridors of XVU’s elite research facility, she dissects Volderen DNA, shaping it to fortify human survival. To her, science is supreme, and compassion is irrelevant. The alien test subjects are nothing more than tools at her disposal.
But when Jetarin, a captive Volderen, challenges her steadfast allegiance to XVU’s propaganda and her oath to aid those in need, cracks begin to form in her beliefs. Ordered to terminate him, she hesitates, forcing herself to weigh loyalty against morality. As she defies command and smuggles him to safety, their tentative alliance deepens into something far more dangerous…something intimate.
With XVU closing in and the truth unraveling around her, Dr. Lambodino must decide who she truly is. A scientist bound by duty? A fugitive condemned by her own past? Or a woman willing to rewrite the future for the sake of a love she never anticipated.
