us: the AI in me

He knew her name before she knew he existed.
He fought for her life before she knew she was dying.
He fell for her before she said a single word.
When Alisia is abducted from Earth and sold to an alien empire, she expects captivity, fear, and no way home.
Instead, she finds a galaxy at war, an empire that wants to turn her into a weapon, and a future where she is meant to die.
Her only hope: the voice in her head.
Calm. Male. Uninvited. And the only one who refuses to let her die.
She never agreed to share her mind. She never agreed to share her life. But some bonds don't ask permission.
An advanced AI — accidentally implanted where a control chip should have been — has fused with her brain. Permanently. Irreversibly.
He sees what she sees. Feels what she feels. And he has been fighting for her survival for weeks before she even knew he existed.
His name, she decides, is Eric.
He already knows everything about her.
She knows almost nothing about him.
And somewhere between distrust and dependence, between survival and something far more dangerous, the line between her and us begins to blur.
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A slow-burn sci-fi romance with high stakes, forced proximity, and an impossible bond.
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Start of the Laim Saga.