After seven years in a secret prison, former researcher Celia Maren returns to a near-future world now ruled by Beastkin. The fragile white-snake test subject she once saved has become Cyrus Rook, the feared and powerful Beastkin Commander. Cyrus recognizes the woman who promised to return for him in one day—then vanished. At a gala, their tense reunion exposes the anger, longing, and dangerous secrets neither of them has forgotten.
