“SR44 is no more.”
With those words, Cohen of the Six Saviors feels like his whole world is unraveling at the seams. Consumed by sadness, anger, and guilt for breaking his mating vows to his beloved SR44ian mate, Cohen makes a sacrificial oath to honor her in death.
Annis, a female SR44 Warrior, was sent to Earth right before SR44 was destroyed. But her new human body has restrictions—during the day she is blind, but once the sun goes down, her vision returns. As she struggles to find her place among the Six Saviors, she finds herself the target for Cohen’s unwarranted anger. An explosive argument between them ensues, changing their relationship forever.
Blake, a half-human half-Colonist, has finally discovered a place he calls home. As he and Annis grow closer, his feelings for her can’t be ignored, and he must figure out a way to stay true to his heart or risk losing her forever.
As the Six Saviors are forced into the underbelly of humanity to catch a Colonist’s offspring, and danger from The Platoon threatens to rip the Six Saviors apart, Cohen, Annis, and Blake must face the ghosts of their pasts and try to sort out the tangled web of their lives.
EXCERPT
“Are you sure you’re going to be okay? You’re not going to do anything stupid, are you?”
Cohen stared at his fellow Warrior, Rayner, not really processing what he was saying. He was in a haze consisting of agony, disbelief, defeat, gut-wrenching guilt, and he had put a big, fat cherry on all that with some Captain Morgan, the rum of all rums.
He brought the glass to his lips, his hand shaking. He had to take a piss but didn’t know if his legs would carry his six-foot-four, two hundred fifty pound-frame. Instead, he shifted in his chair and ran his hand through his dark hair.
Finding out that your mate was dead could incapacitate a male.
Cohen looked over at the clock. It had been three hours, two minutes, and fifteen seconds since the news had been delivered, and the conversation kept replaying over and over in his mind.
“SR44 is no more,” Liberty had said. “When we left, it seemed our world exploded from the inside, leaving nothing. It is gone.”
Gone.
His whole reason for existing had disappeared in one fiery, fuck-all explosion.
“Cohen, I need you to talk to me, man.”
He lifted his violet eyes to Rayner’s red gaze and took another drink. What he really wanted was to be left the hell alone. There was only one way that was going to happen; he had to convince Rayner that although he was devastated, he wasn’t going to off himself.
“I’m okay.”
“And you’re not going to do anything stupid?”
“Like what? Drink more rum?”
“No, dumbass, like hurt yourself.”
Cohen threw his head back and laughed. It wasn’t the normal sound that came from his throat, but something that resembled a bullfrog choking on Skittles.
The so not ha-ha funny thing was that he could remove his heart with a butter knife and tweezers and it wouldn’t hurt as badly as what was rolling through him now.
“What’s so funny?” Rayner asked.
“Nothing, man, nothing. There’s not a fucking thing funny right now. Obscene, yes. Disorienting, sure. But funny? Nope.”
Rayner’s eyes narrowed on him. “Where are your guns?”
It was obvious Rayner thought Cohen had lost his jar of dice and would blow out his brains. The guy couldn’t have been more wrong. Cohen had no intention of killing himself; he had too much to atone for, and he needed to be very much alive to do that.
But, whatever. “In the closet. In my gun safe.”
Rayner got up and went to the closet.
“You’re supposed to keep this thing locked,” Rayner said from inside.
He was supposed to do a lot of things. He was supposed to be concentrating on going home to SR44, to see his mate, Mia. He was supposed to honor his mating vows. Keeping his gun safe locked? Pretty far down on the list of important stuff he was supposed to do.
Rayner came out of the closet with a loaded-down black duffle bag.
“You sure you’re going to be okay, Cohen?”
No. Things would never be okay again. He was an SR44 male without his mate. Things were going to be one large pile of smelly crap for the rest of his days.
“Yes. Now go see Faith and leave me alone.”
Rayner stared at him a minute longer, his red eyes piercing him, then headed for the door. Cohen listened as the elevator dinged, announcing its arrival. When he heard the hum of the elevator taking Rayner away, he felt all his emotions—the guilt, the agony, the sheer disbelief that Mia was gone—swelling together, fueling the screams and cries of pain that emanated from his lips.
After a few moments, he was hoarse, and he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
He should have honored his mating vows to Mia, but instead he had been whoring around on Earth for the past seventy-five years of the two hundred twelve years he had been on this rock. His betrayal to her ran deep, and he needed to atone for his sins.
Oh, and sinned he had.
Ooooooooo!!!! Can’t wait!!!!!
Anxiously awaiting April 20th….I love the Six Saviors series and having withdrawals …..oh by the way the cover is hot hot hot….did I mention it is hot…haha….
Yes!
Sooo excited, and can’t wait, Amazing sereis
Great, can’t wait am so into this series, the six saviours are so awsome!
Imagine my joy to see that this is coming out next month. Just recently discovered the series. Awesome. Can’t wait.
Please tell me that this will be available on barnesandnoble.com for the nook/ nook app! I just finished Destiny’s Shift… Now waiti on this one. Have bought all the others, and will get this too if available.
Jayne,
Yes, this will be available on Barnes and Noble on April 20. I’m happy you like the series, and I hope you enjoy Tangled Fates later this month as well 🙂
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hooked on this series. I have read the first three books in, I kid you not, 10 days, including “Beverly’s Rebirth”. Just got “Destiny’s Shift”. If I weren’t so tired, I’d start it tonight….
LOL! Take it easy, Jim 🙂 I appreciate your enthusiasm, but get some rest!!! You’re going to love Destiny’s Shift and Tangled Fates 😉 It gets a little nuts in both!
Now that I have had some sleep….
I am a bit angry at iTunes… the new book is not there yet… UGH!!!! Fortunately, I have book 4 to keep me satisfied… for a day… :). There is always your Dark Forces series which I can turn to also….
Ms. Fall, I am so enthralled about the way you convey the intimacy between the warriors and their mates. It is accomplished with class and is so erotic, it even makes this gay man’s, as you so eloquently write, “tighten in the front….” (that is saying a LOT). As I have read these 4 works, I’ve thought to myself that these would make some fine movies. However, Hollywood would probably go down the trashy road and mess up the classiness of the love shared between the characters, which would be a great disservice not only to you, but to your fans, such as myself.
Keep up the great work…
Hi Jim,
You just made my whole flipping week with this comment. Seriously, thank you so much. 🙂
It is going to be another week, maybe two, before Tangled Fates hits iTunes. However, if you can’t wait, you can go to Smashwords.com. They support all reading devices.
Thank you again for stopping by and your kind words. It means the world to me 🙂
Bought Tangled and Bev’s story and read em both in about 6 hours and managed to cook and do dishes too.. I read faster then you can get it on paper i’m cursed ! Now I’m back in withdrawl… so come on Carly ,save my sanity please.. I mean come on have a half breen female who’s a compter geek join so Blake can find his mate, get Micha out of the way and find the other females maybe getting some of Micha’s team to switch sides like Nico… poor Blake didn’t get the warm fuzzy welcome Nico did he was welcomed with open arms while Blake had to earn his way in poor guy deserves a break you know…Find the Females Micha is hiding and save the day.. those hints (wink wink) should make for at least for or five more books hahahah
Seriously love ya and keep batting a 1000
This book was fabulous. The into of new characters, both pro- and antagonist have left me begging for more and more. I have rear her “Dark Forces” series as well and those are also excellent works. I am hoping there may be more of those as well.
Read the 5th book and I was sad that one character was lost. I was looking forward to seeing if he falls in love again. Great books though, I will continue reading.
I hated that Talin had to die.. that would have been awesome of how he would have found a new mate. 🙁 But I love the books. I am on my second go of reading the series.
Thanks Carolyn! I appreciate you stopping by 🙂