James is a water dragon who fell in love with a human. Rather than expose that human to a dangerous magical world, James abandons Henry. Five years later, they meet again-and it's like they were never separated. Except Henry refuses-beyond the occasional bang-to have anything to do with James. When Henry is punished for upsetting a powerful magical creature, James follows him into imprisonment. Together they struggle, with impromptu sex and in spite of discoveries, to overcome the past.