Cassandra Chamberlain has always stood out among others. It's not very difficult with her height of 185 cm and 75 kg, with black hair and blue eyes like sapphires. And if that weren't enough, she also graduated from Harvard with flying colors at age fifteen, taught at MIT at nineteen, and won the prestigious Magellan Prize at twenty-five. But she didn't fit in anywhere. Not with her peers, not with those who were older or younger than her, only with her family. But everything changes when Earth is attacked, and Cassandra and her niece Victoria are the only survivors. And now the smartest woman on the planet is forced to relearn. Everything she believed to be true comes into question, now she must learn to survive not only for herself, but also for Victoria, because someone wants them dead. Admiral William Zafar is the youngest admiral in the Coalition fleet, the hero of the Battle of Faial. As a strong male Carinian, at 215cm and 145kg in his prime, he is feared and respected throughout the fleet. He serves in the Kingdom Security Division, wears its insignia, and counts his king as one of his longtime friends. But when rebels destroy a previously unknown planet, leaving only two survivors, he finds himself willing to risk everything to protect the woman he loves and from the rebels. , and from the traitor Karinian, who wants her dead.