Theirs to Mate by Taylor Vaughn

The rules of the accord between my humble human colony and our Xalthurian alien overlords are cruel but clear:
Rule #1: Every human female the age of 21 must participate in a ceremony where she gets taken by the Xalthurians who want an heir.
Rule#2: If the issue of the ceremony is a girl, we are allowed to keep the baby.
Rule #3: If the issue of the ceremony is a boy, then the hybrid is taken away from us and sent to live with our alien overlords on their planet, never to be seen by their mothers again.
I knew the rules when I submitted to the huge red Xalthurian, who gave me unexpected pleasure before returning to his home planet. I was aware I wouldn’t be able to keep my baby when I saw that “the issue” of our coupling was a boy.
“Don’t fall in love with it,” I told myself.
But when our alien overlords came for my baby, I couldn’t just hand him over.
I ran with him. Then we both died.
And, if you think that’s a crazy story, wait until you find out what happened after our resurrection.
Spoiler: If I couldn’t stop myself from falling in love with my baby hybrid, what will happen when I have to contend with his huge red father? Plus, a shockingly sexy hybrid suitor who insists we’re meant to be together.
Dying, as it turns out, isn’t nearly as complicated as living to tell this epic tale.