Simon Riley is the chief engineer aboard The Wayward Mule, a battered deep-space tow ship known for helping answer distress calls others ignore. A lifelong mechanic with grease-stained hands and a stubborn moral compass, he believes nobody deserves to be left stranded among the stars.
Everyone at the university knows Simon Riley. They know his ability. They know what he can do. They know that when Simon uses Dread, even the bravest students can be reduced to shaking wrecks. They also know one thing for certain, Simon Riley should have been a villain.
Britain has five heroes powerful enough to sit at the top. Everyone knows their names. Everyone knows their abilities. Everyone knows exactly what they can do. Until {y/n}. A newly licensed hero with an ability that shouldn’t exist. A hero with no ranking, no reputation, and apparently no idea just how powerful they are. The Top Five are watching. Ghost is watching closest.
A kingdom torn by war, soldiers traumatized and citizens dead. The few that remain pick the pieces up, but you’re looking for something. Something important.
Y/n isn’t ranked. Isn’t trained. Isn’t even technically a hero yet. She’s just a 19 year old university student with a quirk the Hero Commission can’t explain. Unfortunately for everyone else, the preliminary assessment suggests she may be one of the strongest people in England.
Simon Riley has survived the SAS, a lifetime of violence, and leaving everything he knew behind. Apparently, none of that prepared him for a woman saying his name softly.
Simon, a wild hybrid, has been told to never hunt deer hybrids. Deer hybrids are rare, special, not to be touched. But what happens when your fated mate just so happens to be a worshipped prey?