Lachlan Ravenswood lives in cold, emotionless exile lest he tempts the demon within him to rise. For centuries he’s denied its darkest urgings, his duty to the realm as a shadow assassin the only call to which he responds. Until her. Shilah Symonrah, an Imperial telepath on a mission to liberate her kingdom from a tyrant, arouses every protective and lustful instinct within him.
However, in a desperate bid to escape their mutual enemy, the Empire of Mevia, Shilah accidentally releases the demon inside Lachlan—awakening a deadly threat that could consume them both. For a terrifying prophecy foretold Shilah reigning as queen of darkness, a vision she did not understand until now. And if she succumbs to the searing passion between them, she will unleash forces that could destroy their very world…



