3013: GENESIS (3013: The Series Book 11)

  3013: GENESIS

  3013: THE SERIES

  Laurie Roma

  The 3013 Series

  3013: MATED by Laurie Roma

  3013: RENEGADE by Susan Hayes

  3013: CLAIMED by Laurie Roma

  3013: STOWAWAY by Susan Hayes

  3013: SALVATION by Laurie Roma

  3013: MENDED by Kali Argent

  3013: TARGETED by Susan Hayes

  3013: CHAOS by Laurie Roma

  3013: ALTERED by Kali Argent

  3013: FATED by Susan Hayes

  3013: GENESIS by Laurie Roma

  3013: GENESIS

  Mya Spartan has lived a privileged life. She has a family who adores her, work that fulfills her, and enough credits to have everything she’s ever wanted. However, what she really wants isn’t something that can be bought…

  Alphas of their pack, Maddox, Daimon and Tavius Adaro, have created an empire with no equal. As a traveling sanctuary, New Vega exists beyond Alliance regulations, where the Adaros’ word is law. The three Krytos brothers are strong, capable leaders who rule their world together, but nothing could have prepared them for the little female elite who would come to rule their hearts.

  Destiny may have led her straight into the arms of the Krytos who want her as their mate, but Mya fears she might not be a match for the three powerful males. When a threat turns the floating pleasure palace into a dangerous prison, everything they love is at risk. Will Mya find the courage to fight by the Adaro brothers side, or will her uncertainty lead to the downfall of an empire?

  An Erotic Romance Novel.

  3013: GENESIS by Laurie Roma

  First E-book Publication: December 2015

  Cover design by Sloan Winters

  Copyright © 2015 by Laurie Roma

  ISBN: 978-1-942979-02-9

  Kindle Edition

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: This literary work may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic or photographic reproduction, in whole or in part, without express written permission.

  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental. It is fiction so facts and events may not be accurate except to the current world the book takes place in.

  DEDICATION

  To all of you who have asked for the Adaro brothers’ story.

  I hope I’ve done you proud…

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  PROLOGUE

  The year is 3013.

  Earth barely survived the Alien Wars that have ravaged the planet, and an unknown virus had nearly wiped out the entire population. On the brink of extinction, humans struggle to rebuild their civilization, although nothing would ever bring back what once was.

  Enforcing martial law, a new age of mankind is born, where warriors rule and women are the ultimate prize. Only the elite earn breeding rights and are granted leave to claim a woman in pairs. Men dream of the day that they will be able to claim a woman to love, but for those chosen being claimed means the end of their freedom and a beginning to a lifelong bond with two strangers. The warriors may have the choice, but the battle for their woman's heart has only begun…

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  CHAPTER ONE

  I can do this…

  Mya Spartan braced her hands together in her lap as the private shuttle she was in made its way through the congested flow of traffic in the Capital. Glancing out the window, she looked down at the crowded streets below.

  Despite their slow progress in the air, she preferred hovering in the streamlined flow rather than being stuck on street level where the mass of people on the sidewalks added to the chaos. The color blue was all the rage this season. Especially royal blue, so the citizens walking on the streets made up a sea of the rich, vibrant shade, mixing in among the austere steel-gray and black uniforms of the elites.

  Living in the largest, most prosperous city on Earth had its advantages, but there were also a lot of drawbacks. Over the last few years, the familiar metropolis had become a prison of sorts to her. No matter how beautiful the city was, a gilded cage was still just that…a cage.

  And Mya was ready to break free.

  “You’re up to something,” Pia Colter muttered from her seat across the shuttle.

  Without looking over, Mya said, “I don’t know what you mean.”

  “I call bullshit.”

  Mya glanced over to see Ryland Colter glaring at her from his seat next to his chosen. Ryland and his twin brother, Mikal, had been Mya’s personal guards since she turned fifteen. Three years ago, when they’d claimed their chosen, she had been added to their detail. The three older elite soldiers might have been under orders to protect Mya, but they had become more like family during their time together.

  Because of that, they knew her too well for her to deceive to them.

  Plus, Mya totally sucked at lying, and they knew it.

  With a sigh, she shifted in her seat so she was facing the others. Mikal might have been in front of the shuttle where he was operating the controls, but she knew he could hear everything that was being said. He was an elite with advanced hearing, after all.

  They all were.

  The dark-blond twins had been chosen as her guards right after they’d graduated from the Academy. They had been top ranked soldiers, so it might have seemed odd that the two highly skilled men had been delegated to what essentially could be called babysitting duty. But then again, Mya wasn’t just an average woman.

  No, Mya Spartan was the daughter of three powerful parents, and sister to two extremely protective brothers who would destroy worlds if anything happened to her.

  Her mother, Donna Spartan-Rollins, had created a fashion empire she’d named Starlight Designs before she had been claimed. Now, she ran the company with one of Mya’s fathers, Jack Rollins. Together, they were a corporate powerhouse that catered to some of the wealthiest members of the Alliance, on and off planet, as well as many D’Aire that had a taste for human fashion.

  Due to their business, the amount of credits Mya’s family had would have made her a target in itself, but the fact that her other father, Ian Spartan, was a member of the Alliance Council of Regents made it imperative that she be protected. The Regents were all retired military commanders from all of the territories on Earth. They were the governing body of the Alliance, and although Earth was at peace now, there were still individuals who would try to use family members of a regent to gain the upper hand.

  Mya didn’t really worry about that, though. In truth, she pitied whoever was stupid enough to come after her, since her oldest brother, High Commander Jax Spartan, would rain down the wrath of God on them. Some of his soldiers had even classified his legendary temper as the Wrath of Jax, and it was totally fitting. Talon, her other older brother, was stealthier in his approach at handling an issue. He would track anyone who came after her to the ends of the universe and cheerfully slit their throats.

  And that was nothing compared to what Regent Ian Spartan and former Commander Jack Rollins would do. They would use the full force of the Alliance against anyone who struck out at their family, and they wouldn’t stop until their enemies were nothing but bloody dust…if there was even that much left.

  Even Conner—her younger brother who was in the Academy—thought he could boss her around when it came to her protection. Because of her family’s obsession with her safety, Mya hadn’t complained when she was given a protection detail. It was for their peace of mind as much as it was for her own safety, since, even though she had been trained as an elite in the Academy herself, Mya was very aware of her own limitations.

  After she’d been tested when she was
ten, she had been given the enhancements that made her an elite. She had inherited the intuition that made her father and her brother such good leaders, however, she had also inherited her mother’s empathic talent. Both abilities weren’t of much use to Mya, since neither ability was very strong, but they were enough for her to know she could never be happy living the life of a soldier.

  Still, that didn’t mean she wouldn’t kick butt when it was necessary.

  “Fess up, Princess Starlight,” Mikal called out from the front of the shuttle. “Tell us what you’re up to.”

  Mya didn’t even bother to wince at the nickname her friends had given her years ago. “I was going to wait to speak to you about this,” she said carefully. “I want to talk to my mother to see if it would be possible first before I drag you guys into my plan.”

  People always assumed that her regent father was the one who was in charge of her family, but she knew better. It was her mother who held the position of power in their household, and if Mya wanted to get anything done, it was Donna Spartan-Rollins who would help her make it happen.

  Ryland’s dark-brown eyes narrowed suspiciously. “What plan?”

  Giving into his intense stare, Mya sighed again. “I’ve decided to leave Earth.”

  She waited for the explosion, but it never came. Instead, Pia and Ryland both just looked at her expectantly.

  “So, where are we going?” Pia asked.

  Mya’s eyebrows shot up. “You…want to go with me even though you don’t know where?”

  Pia rolled her eyes. “Well, duh.”

  “You don’t have to,” Mya told them. “I mean, you’ll be given a choice—”

  “Stop being stupid, and tell us where we’re going,” Mikal called over his shoulder.

  Before she could speak again, Pia slouched down in her chair and sent Mya a crooked smile. “It’s taken you long enough to make this decision. You’re suffocating here. Have been for a while now.”

  Ryland glanced at both women before saying, “This isn’t about what happened last week, is it? Damn it, I knew we should have killed those two assholes at Cathica after they tried to claim you.”

  Mya thought back to the night last week when they had gone to Cathica, a Tarin restaurant owned by friends of her family. A drunk director and his buddy had tried to drag Mya with them after seeing the solitary tattoo on her face near her right eye, which designated her as one of the coveted fertile females who hadn’t been claimed yet.

  She had worn the damn scroll mark since she’d been tested when she was ten, and knew exactly what it meant for her and the other women that had been similarly branded as potential breeders.

  It meant trouble.

  Upon her seventeenth birthday, Mya’s fathers had gotten her exempt status, which meant that no males could claim her without her express permission. Usually, all it took was telling any interested males about that exempt status to make them back off. If they were more persistent, informing them of who her fathers and brothers were was enough to make them run for cover, but the director and his friend had been too drunk to give a damn about what they were told.

  Mya waved a hand in the air. “I’m not worried about that at all. And I have to admit, it was sort of fun kicking that guy in the balls.”

  Pia laughed. “It really was. I liked breaking that other asshole’s nose just as much.”

  “You two are a menace,” Ryland muttered.

  Pia ran a hand over her sleek bob of dark-brown hair as she smirked at her bonded. “You got to punch them, too.”

  “Because they wouldn’t shut up.” Ryland sighed again, this time with pleasure. “I really love being able to hit higher ranking officers with no repercussions. Still, we wouldn’t have to so often if Mya didn’t attract so much attention.”

  Mya’s shoulders hunched a bit as Ryland turned to glare at her as if she could somehow control the way she looked.

  Pia slapped his arm before saying, “You two see Mya as a little sister, but she’s a beautiful woman and shouldn’t have to apologize for it. Just because some idiot elites think they can claim her without permission, that doesn’t mean she’s to blame.”

  Ryland grimaced. “I’m not blaming her.”

  “I’m just me,” Mya said softly.

  Pia nodded in agreement. “And that’s all it takes. Honey, face it. You’re absolutely gorgeous, and you’re a scroll. Plus, you’ve got all that long, silky black hair that makes them want to touch it, and your eyes…they mesmerize men. It makes men go a little crazy with lust.”

  “Stars, don’t talk about lust,” Mikal snapped. “Subject change. Now.”

  Mya wouldn’t mind shifting the subject. It always made her uncomfortable to hear someone praise her for her looks, because it wasn’t something she had any control over. She had the same steel-gray eyes as her oldest brother, Jax, but while his were cold, she had been told hers made her look almost mystical. Still, she didn’t understand the fascination men seemed to have with her. She was pretty, but not enough to cause anyone to try to claim her in the middle of a damn restaurant.

  Pia rolled her eyes. “As I was saying before we got sidetracked, you’re suffocating here because you want to travel, see new places and get new inspiration, don’t you?”

  “Yes,” Mya said a little desperately. “I really do.”

  “I’m up for a new adventure,” Ryland stated.

  “Same here,” Mikal added as he maneuvered their shuttle out of the flow of traffic so he could set down in front of their destination.

  Pia smiled. “Not to mention, what other job could we get within the Alliance where we can wear whatever the hell we want and not get stuck in those boring uniform?”

  That made Mya laugh. Because her guards were supposed to blend in, Pia, Ryland and Mikal were always dressed in normal clothes whenever they went out. Since they’d put up with Mya and her antics for years, she was always creating new clothes that matched their personalities as a way to thank them.

  And besides, the elite uniforms really were boring as hell.

  Mya felt her heart lift as she thought of all the possibilities for her future. Added to that, she was overwhelmed by her friends’ faith in her. She had worried about that part of her plan. Pia, Ryland and Mikal would’ve been given a choice to stay on Earth if they wanted to, but Mya would have missed them desperately if she had to take other guards with her when she left.

  A sharp pang of envy struck her as she watched Ryland glance down at Pia with a tender look. It was something that had been happening more often lately, and it made her feel horrible each time she felt jealous of her friends’ happiness. Pia was right, though. The opportunity to travel, to see the stars and other planets was something Mya had always wanted.

  But more than that, she wanted to start living her life on her own terms.

  And maybe she’d finally have the chance to find the love she’d always dreamed of.

  When their shuttle touched down in front of the building, the two security officers in front didn’t bother to move from their posts since they recognized them. As they got out, Mya declined Mikal’s offer to carry the bag she’d brought with her and slung the strap over her own shoulder. She sent the officers an absentminded wave, and forced herself to remain calm as she walked up the front steps of the Starlight Designs headquarters.

  The large, white building that housed her family’s fashion empire was located in the heart of the Capital. It had always reminded her of some sort of modern-day castle. And if Mya was considered its princess, her mother was definitely the queen.

  She only visited the headquarters about once a week. Most of the time, she chose to work in her studio on her family’s estate right outside of the city proper. The studio was a large building, separated from the main house so that it allowed her the peace and quiet she needed to design. Still, Mya could appreciate the vibrant energy that swamped her the second she stepped into the Starlight Designs building.

  Mya and her guards paused to check i
n with security at the massive U-shaped front desk. When they were passed through, she wasn’t surprised to see her father, Jack Rollins, stroll down the hallway to meet her. He might be the company’s numbers man now—dealing with the financials and backend of the business—but he still kept up with security. And given his military background, she was never surprised that he knew exactly who walked into the building.

  Jack Rollins was a tall man, with wide shoulders that Mya knew she could always lean on. A wide smile spread across his handsome face as he opened his arms. “There’s my baby.”

  She rushed forward, embracing him hard. “Hi, Daddy.”

  Mya felt the love he felt for her rush through her as soon as she touched him. Her empathic skills didn’t work all the time, but touching did help give it a boost. The feelings she sensed gave her comfort and a security that she was grateful for.

  Before she had been born, it had been established that she was actually the daughter of Ian Spartan, as was her oldest brother, Jax, but Jack had loved them as his own, just as Ian claimed Talon and Connor, even though they had come from their other father. It was the way of Alliance bonded units, and something that Mya had always taken for granted.

  Having two fathers just meant more love.

  Jack glanced over at Ryland, Mikal and Pia and smiled in greeting. “I’ve got her from here. Go relax somewhere.”

  Training had all three guards saluting to the former Alliance commander, placing their right fists over their hearts. Then Ryland turned back to Mya and pointed to his wrist unit. “Just tag us when you’re ready to leave.”

  She nodded, then linked her arm with Jack’s as she let him lead her toward the private lift that would take them directly to the floor where her parents’ offices were located. “I’m glad I ran into you. I was hoping to speak to you and mom about something.”