Ward Zero

A Sci-Fi Alien Romance

By: Stacei Fox

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They told her the debt would set her free.
They lied.

Tinsley Vale is not a criminal. She is property.

Abducted from Earth and sold into “civilized” labor, Tinsley is trapped inside the Kethra Vault, a sprawling industrial prison where every breath is billed and every kindness is a liability. Her debt is infinite by design, her body expendable, her future already written.

Then she’s assigned to Ward Zero.

Deep beneath the Vault lies its most dangerous asset: a chained Voidkin known only as the Void. A living power source. A monster the wardens fear, and the system feeds on. No one survives prolonged contact with him.

Except Tinsley.

Where others burn, she endures. Where others break, she stabilizes. And when she touches him, the impossible happens. The Void listens.

As Tinsley uncovers the truth behind the Vault’s energy empire, she realizes the prison isn’t holding criminals at all. It’s harvesting kings. And the most valuable resource in the facility may not be the monster in chains, but the human woman who can stand beside him without falling apart.

Freedom will not be granted.
It will be taken.

And when Ward Zero breaks, it won’t be quiet.

Ward Zero is a dark, emotionally driven science fiction romance featuring:

• A resilient human heroine who refuses to stay small
• A terrifying, intelligent alien antihero with restrained power
• Forced proximity, slow-burn tension, and power reversal
• Oppression, rebellion, and found sovereignty
• High-stakes action balanced with intimacy and emotional depth

Perfect for readers who love dark sci-fi romance, morally gray power dynamics, and stories where survival turns into domination.

Some bonds are forged in chains. Others burn them away.

Good story could be written better

This feels like the author tries making every line in the dialogue “profound” so it pulls you out of the story cans cause a big emotional disconnect on my end. overall it could be a great story if not for that.