For a moment, he almost forgot why he was there. His heart sped up as he thought of crossing the room and asking her for a dance. The chance to touch her again-gods. His hands were already shaking. He needed a moment to pull himself together, or he would never be able to walk away again. The urge to take her away from all of this tonight warred with the rational part of his mind. If he couldn't stay calm, he would get himself killed, and Treilah... far worse.

As an apprentice to the most powerful mage in the empire, Lord Mathion, Cadahm discovered a deadly secret. It was a secret that cost him everything and made him into a wanted criminal and a traitor to the empire.

When Cadahm learns after three years in hiding, that Treilah, the woman he loved, has become Mathion's new apprentice,he knows he must get to her no matter what the risk, before this apprenticeship costs Treilah her life.

But even if he can get to her without being captured, will she believe what he has to tell her? And can she find it in her heart to forgive him for the past?

Includes a bonus scene from the next book in the series Prince of Blood