Freedom Break

Zelda has worked at the colony for two years, getting ready for the mining and forestry that would begin to shape the world. When she receives notice that her daughter's vessel is heading toward Aten, she knows it's time to get going. She has only one method of leaving the colony, so she engages it. She makes herself a target, and raiders take the bait.Orex looks at the damage done to his colony offices and checks the casualty list. Only one person is missing, and when he checks her file, he nearly growls in fury. He looks at the pale and weak companion next to him and understands why others spoke so highly of their consorts. They were actually consort class. After some internal debate, he releases his companion from her contract and sends her to further her education so she can find a new career. With that done, he follows Zelda and tries to get to her before she's sold.Being a single mother during the end of the world had been tough, but she knows what she's made of now, and no one is getting between her and her daughter. Not again. Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh. After a global disaster, aliens arrive to offer humanity a chance to live in the stars...as indentured servants. With the hope that a life in the stars will still be a life, these survivors claw their way to training in order to find a second chance at their own humanity.