XCOM continues to battle even after five years of being re birthed, under the command of it's greatest Commander. Yet while war rages on against Earth's 'guests', another war is beginning to stir. The war for Earth continues, but the war to understand one another is about to begin, as a nervous and fearful Viper struggles to understand her undiscovered feelings toward a ranger.

Quint, a soldier for XCOM, is captured by the alien regime and is placed in the custody of a viper who seeks to acquire knowledge of how the defiant agency works from him, as per her master's plans. As she interrogates him, she attempts to goad more information out by revealing some key things about herself, only to unwittingly instigate something she never could have predicted...

Caelwen, a Sentinel of the night elves, is captured by a tribe of naga and thrown into an arena where she is forced to fight to stay alive. After enduring a draw with a naga lord, the being takes an interest in her prowess and attempts to fight her again. As they get to know one another before their final duel commences, strange, forbidden emotions begin to blossom between the two.

Deathwing, the Aspect of Death, and Alexstrasza, the Aspect of life, have been stranded on a mysterious island after a group of adventures attacked N'Zath during a conflict between the two. Now they must survive together, and survive the emotions the have