Mix two alien Marines, a human BDSM Master, and a shapeshifting Empress with a mind of her own, and what do you get? A whole lot of trouble.Dane and Julian, ex-war heroes now in the Empress' service, hate each other. Hate, hate, hate. Problem? Julian wants Dane almost as much as he hates him.The Empress needs her ex-Marines, but they're no good to her if they're at each other's throats. She thinks she has a way to tame the two by putting them together with Master Anubis, a refugee from Earth.It's a three-way battle for dominance, and the Empress knows something she's not telling...Note: Chain of Three follows the standalone title Chain of Thorns, but can be read by itself. This title contains elements that may be disturbing to some readers.