Five years after a forbidden night with Kaelen, ruler of the dragons, Layla slips into his fortress dressed as a young man and brings along the son he has never met. Kaelen cannot ignore the familiar pull of her presence, especially as Reed begins to reveal dangerous powers. When Serena tries to disgrace the boy as an illegitimate outsider, Layla fights back with the truth of his birth. With his lineage revealed, Kaelen chooses Layla and their child, claiming them as his family at last.
