Five years after Sera Vale fled the bed of Manhattan's untouchable dragon heir—with his ancestral pendant and a secret pregnancy—she is broke, hiding in Queens, and raising Pip, a fire-breathing cub who devours gold. When Pip eats Adrian Blackthorne's signet ring at a charity gala, the secret is exposed. But Adrian's hunt was never revenge: he spent years destroying the council that threatened them. As desire reignites, Sera must claim her buried legacy and protect their son from a deadly rival.