A lifetime of wealth beyond imagine and a throne to rule have kept the pain at bay. With a tragic beginning I was prepared for a tragic end: the death of our kind and the final reign of the dragons. And then there was her. She's only a pawn in a greater war, a captive and completely at my mercy. Her striking eyes are filled with hatred, but she can't hide her heat. And I can't hide my desire. Nor can I contain a fire I thought had long ago been extinguished. I will burn the world before I let anyone take her from me.