The Warriors of Ais are too damaged to love. They possess. They dominate. They know no other way... Dram Wolfel with his stormy hair, black eyes, and blacker temper, fascinates and terrifies Keli Dunkirk. For years, he has been her master in the arts of Earthwork. Now she wants to learn more from him—but is it more than she can handle? Keli dreams of submitting to the most dangerous Warrior of all, giving herself to him so completely that his slumbering heart might finally wake. She wants to serve him, to obey his every sexual whim, no matter how dark. No matter how painful. Somehow she knows the reward will be pleasure beyond her imagination...