For three years, Elena Rowe begged Damian Cross, a proud Black Dragon shifter, for his touch. Her curse makes loneliness excruciating, yet he scorns her and loves another, sure she can’t live without him. She stops begging and finds Silas Thorne, a chained, broken White Serpent. She takes him home. Now she is caught between the dragon who took her for granted and the serpent no one trusts. Damian waits for her return — but someone else answers her.