Mates of the Mylos

It was just supposed to be a fun field trip.AdrianI am in so much trouble. I was the one who talked the principal into letting my fourth grade class invite kids in the same grade from the Mylos Fleet into joining us for a picnic on Friendship Day. It's all gone horribly wrong. Humans First turned up to protest and things got ugly real fast. Worst if all, one of the Mylos children and myself were snatched! I managed to get us away, but that hasn't stopped me from being eyed as a possible accomplice or something.. Oh, and I'm crushing on one of the insanely hot alien investigators, as if everything else wasn't bad enough.KloraI have so many questions. How did Humans First even discover that children from the Fleet were even on that field trip? How did they know which children to target? How did Adrian Morris manage to save himself and ( insert name if kid) away from the kidnappers? And finally, just why has my mating display kicked into gear? I haven't been notified of a match

KorahKorah and Oshar. Oshar and Korah. Almost since birth, we have been inseparable friends. When Oshar decided he wished to leave his family's farm and depart Sanguinis altogether, there was no question that I would follow him. When I decided it was best to embrace the Mylos heritage of our fathers and join the Fleet, there was no question that he would also join. Mates were the farthest thing from our minds - we were eager to experience the wonders of the universe.ChrisSo I'm a hopeless romantic who spends far too much time devouring romance novels, watching the Hallmark Channel and Netflix, and writing stories on AO3 featuring aliens and guys who look suspiciously like the dude I see in the mirror every morning. Stories I knew would land me in hot water if my father ever found out and thanks to my latest stepmom snooping, that ship has now sailed. It doesn't matter that I've never even gone out on a date with a human, nor so much as met up for a coffee as friends with one of the real aliens present on our planet. I'm in water so hot, my goose has been boiled until all the meat has fallen off the bone. "If you're so in love with the Mylos," he said, "you might as well see if one of them even wants your sorry ass. I'll drive you there myself." I found myself frogmarched to his truck and driven to the nearest Scholarship Center even though I didn't want to go to college. I liked my job as a professional dog walker just fine and if he wanted to kick me out, I knew the local gas station was always hiring and would pay me enough so I could find myself able to cover rent in a roommate situation. My pride however, had other ideas. It flounced my ass right out of the truck and through the door of the Center.OsharFor six years, Korah and I have trained warriors for the Fleet in hand to hand combat. It's our solemn duty to keep our brother Mylos in fighting shape in case of a worst case scenario. Our current assignment is within the Bride Fleet attached to a world known as earth to its inhabitants, in a system they named Sol. We've been here eighteen local months and life has been predictable. Korah and I rise together, train the males under our command together, eat together, and even spend all our leisure time together. Then the unexpected happened - our kunnarskyns alerted us that we each had a match.Thank the stars, even in this, we are together to welcome him to Clan Drani.

Piloris and Eric expected their wedding and subsequent honeymoon to be epic.EricAfter having all my dreams come true by getting matched at the same exact moment as my sister, followed by a super romantic double wedding in Hawaii, I thought life was going to be smooth sailing from now on. First we had our friend Klora's wedding to attend, which was a fun highlight of our week-long honeymoon portion in Hawaii. Then we moved onto Basse-Terre, one of the two main islands of the French Caribbean archipelago, Guadeloupe. It's an absolutely gorgeous place and having Stella and Kailirex along has been great. We each get enough couple alone time, and in between we hang out together and exploreNone of us expected a murder.PilorisI'd half expected to see Klora show up here as soon as we realized just where we actually were. Sure enough, halfway through our stay, he arrived with his mate, Adrian, in tow, unable to resist after Eric and Stella shared photos of us posed in front of the actual buildings used in one of his current favorite TV shows. Then a tourist who happens to also be a Mylos citizen by relation to a bride is found dead in the swimming pool of our hotel and it's declared a possible homicide by local police. Klora can't help himself and soon, we all find ourselves drawn in as he plays detective and 'deputizes' us.This is definitely not a game, and the stakes could be deadly for us all.

ChitoseWhen my parents died, I thought for sure my university days were over. I had a younger brother to look after, and he needed me. I couldn't turn him over to someone else just so I could work more hours t try to attend classes at least part-time. The Mylos scholarship program's expansion to include gay males sounded just the ticket. I currently didn't have a boyfriend, so there was no one to object to them checking if I was a one in a gazillion chance match to one of their warriors. The money would pay for my schooling, housing, and provide a stipend for food and other expenses. It was too good to pass up. It was the solution to most of our current problems, I was sure of it. BraevanWhen the Bride Treaty's program was expanded to include males such myself, my hearts and mind became filled with hope. Was my mate one of the males below, thirsting for knowledge and open to finding their forever love? Matches were rare, and I knew that the odds of it happening were only one out of so many billions. One chance in however large a number was still one, though, not zero, and so every single day, I gaze out the windows as I walk down the corridors to my duty station. Please, let him be there. I am ready, my arms and hearts open.

Richie's mom has a heart of gold but terrible taste in men. When his mom calls him at college in tears after her most recent boyfriend empties both her bank account and her rented house of anything remotely valuable, he's had it. Sachuu is the head of Fleet Security and Intelligence.Getting the call that his mate has been found, he's elated. Then he becomes enraged when he discovers the reason his mate applied was that he couldn't afford to help his mother and pay for his tuition on his own. What kind of male steals from a mate and leaves young going without? Sachuu and Richie are agreed.The ex-boyfriend can't be allowed to get off scot-free. Before their family can settle in, his debt must be paid so they can all move forward. But finding the con man turns out to be not quite so easy.