Fighting to survive since she was a child, Shannon Kreep knew no peace. Even in her sleep, the terror of nightmare planets, beasts attacking her throughout her childhood into adulthood. But the terror didn't stop in her sleep. Only on occasion did she dream of the warriors she hoped would save her. Supposedly, they were called The Eight. Seven alpha men who were mated to her. But she couldn't forget the children. The children who were ripped from her body to be raised by others who wanted the power that they contained. Could these seven men-aliens, kings, and others truly love her, or was it an Illusion? Would they save Shannon and her children, or would they kill her?