Millennia ago, in the time of dragons, love and hate colored the very air monsters breathed. Amidst these beasts, a forbidden love bloomed. A child was born. But misfortune struck, and a murder rocked the world, tearing the family apart. Years piled atop this death, legends faded, and myths were twisted.
Now, in one of America's busiest cities, thrives a woman with no last name. Evangeline is from a time before human tradition and provincialism. She is strong, born of legendary parents, and trained by a solitary existence and sheer willpower. When she learns that she has a fate beyond her control as queen, she rebels. Eva refuses to yield despite the king's vivid gray eyes that see through her. She refuses him, not only because of who she is—but because of who he is. The Dragon King bent on claiming her is the man who murdered her father.
But a primordial sleeping force has awakened to wreak havoc, and a Traitor to the Kings has returned to hunt Evangeline down. Eva learns that not even her beliefs about the Dragon King are guaranteed. And ultimately, Eva finds herself trapped: Between cruel, heartless evil and the love of an ancient, dark, and beautiful man.
Contains mature themes.