Daroth is at wits end to know how to control a generation of children he believes is out of control. What is a King to do? The rowdiness he can accept, but when it gets too far out of hand he hands over the training of their offspring to Gabriel. The children take to military training like ducks to water, but the mothers soon find they are missing their babies. These are their darlings that are being drilled to fight, morning, noon and night. When are they going to be allowed to play? To be given the chance to be children? Only Daroth can release them from his edict, and he won't. With Daroth showing signs of being stubborn, the Life Mates decide they are going to help their King reconsider his decision and he soon learns not to underestimate the power of the bond between a mother and her children.