What do you do when Fate pushes you into the path of your ultimate crush?

Sally Regal has suffered in silence of her secret crush to Lt. Commander Zanic Delsen. Now an unforeseen accident brings this obsession to the forefront of her life, opening her heart and her mind to a possible future.

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Sally has finally confessed her feelings for war hero Zanic Delsen. But now she is left wondering how that might affect her life of living in the background. Is she up for the challenge of being involved with a hero?

Zan has always been the group clown who struggled to keep up with the rest. Now he has found a girl that looks at him differently than any other person he’s ever known. Will it change who he is?

The setting

Sorry. Had to say it.

But yes, it does take place in space. In a solar system and galaxy similar to ours. Several planets have asteroids rich in minerals important for the production of energy. Because of this, their history is riddled with wars over mining rights. Centuries ago, guilds were setup to regulate the mining and to control the rights and permissions of the different companies involved. The largest producer of these minerals (as yet unnamed) was Altara, a planet with the largest ring of asteroids. Because the quota of allowed miners had been met, an eccentric Altarean lord began slaughtering the smaller claim holders, taking over their claims and then filing for their rights when they did not renew. This began the last war, which lasted less than 1 year.

The Quad was begun half a century before in response to a request for protection. The Quad is a network of military-trained men and women contracted to protect a solar system of mineral miners. When the young men and women graduate from candidacy, they become CaBal and receive assignment to a specific miner colony and its respective Quad Station. Through service and honors, they could even be indoctrinated into The Ninth Law, the CaBal elite.