As her spacecraft hurtles toward a crash on an unknown planet, Evelyn, the ship’s chief geologist, is cornered by a three-meter-tall alien creature. Just as she prepares for death, the monster suddenly transforms into a six-foot-three blond, blue-eyed young man—and calls her “Mother.” Evelyn’s mind goes blank. Overnight, she gains a strange “son.” She names him Cain. After the crash, Evelyn ventures into the planet’s black market to trade for water and food, only to be hunted by slave traders. She survives thanks to Cain—and discovers just how terrifyingly powerful he is. Even more shocking, Evelyn learns that her blood, saliva, and sweat can sustain Cain, and to him, they are the most exquisite delicacy imaginable. Realizing she can survive only by relying on this mysterious “son,” Evelyn chooses to stay alive with him on this planet. What she doesn’t know is that Cain is the last pure-blood heir of the Silverwing Clan, one of the planet’s seven ruling families. His clan was slaughtered by traitors at his birth, and he was secretly smuggled off-world by a loyal guard—accidentally ending up aboard Evelyn’s ship. Cain’s true identity draws Evelyn into far greater danger than she ever imagined. In the end, Cain looks at her and says: “Mother. Master. You are the center of my world.”
