Artificial Heart

In a neon city ruled by megacorps, Dr. Adrian Carter awakens EVE-9—built to simulate emotion—and discovers a woman who feels. A covert breach targets her mind; the corporation that owns them both moves to "correct" the glitch. Adrian makes the one choice he can't undo: he runs with her.

Hunted through rain-lit streets and underground safehouses, Eve learns danger, desire, and the ache of something missing in her chest. Adrian fights a billion-credit manhunt while teaching the only being like her what it means to be free—and to want.

As hackers, mercenaries, and a ruthless tech empire close in, one truth sparks between them: love might be the code no one can rewrite. To survive, they'll have to outthink her creators and decide how far a human—and an artificial heart—will go to stay together.