What is dead is never truly gone. When she embarks on a rescue mission in an abandoned lab, the last thing Kate Lewis expects is for a long dead Xian Warrior to rise from his ashes. Then he claims she's his soulmate. Although she doesn't doubt his sincerity, Kate cannot help but question the truth of his words. The mysterious and tortured man awakens an irresistible passion in her, but as the team's Chief Medical Officer, she must keep her wits about her and remain professional. Who even knows what he is now?
Xenon has risen from the endless nightmare of having a fractured soul. Now he realizes that six years have gone by and that the world has moved on without him. Worse still, he barely recognizes the man in the mirror, the experiments having desecrated his body with countless traits of the hated Kryptids. Kate's fierceness and tender support keep him from giving in to madness. She doesn't see him as a monster, but a man.
Surrounded by danger, abominations, and traitors, the team must contend with the betrayal of former allies. Did Xenon return only to lose the one female who gave him a reason to live?