Parker Michaels's world has been dark for the last years of her life. Her vision taken in a horrific attack, she is now at the mercy of a madman. His greatest desires? To kill the potential bond-mates of his enemies and claim the throne on which his birth father currently sits. And her role is to help him even as she tries everything to stop him. Rayne Crimsonwing and Slade von Trustian are unlikely allies in the war raging under the humans' noses. But more than that they are bond-mates to the woman helping their greatest enemy. Torn between duty and what fate has given them a chance to finally have they must make the hard choices in a battle that only one side can win. And they are not going down without a fight. Time is running out as alliances are forged and love discovered. They will only have one shot, and death is breathing down their necks.