Power. Fate. Love. War.
Every Crown is heavy. Vaerion Dravenloch knows this better than most. Beneath his skin lives a dragon- a flame of ancient power that both crowns and curses him.
When whispers of spies, and war drums echo from the north, Vaerion finds himself pulled between the duty of a king and the pull of something much more... tempting. Nyrissa Morivane. She's one of the very, very few who sees him not as a monarch or monster, but as a man. It is her fire that may yet burn away his restraint.
In a Kingdom built on shadows and sacrifice, love may be the most dangerous act of all.