All is not well between Spock and Brianna Cantrell, as anticipated, upon their meeting. She arrives aboard the Enterprise, fully aware she is a bride and prepared to meet her would be groom, interacting with the Vulcan first officer on two levels. Spock, also, is prepared to meet his intended. However, unlike Brianna, Spock is unaware of what she is to him. Instead, tensions between them escalate. All the while, Brianna’s nemesis, Sarkal is doing all he can to sabotage the tenuous bondlink that should lead to their marriage.

Can Spock and Brianna resolve their differences in time to combat the terrorists’ threat? Is reconciliation possible, or is it their Fate to remain painfully trapped in what is more than a mindmeld but less than a marriage? Wanting but never being able to have …