In a bygone era, a brutal war erupted between dragon shifters and humans, the latter overwhelmed by the dragon’s untapped reservoirs of mana. Subjugated, humans found themselves forced into unions with their draconic overlords, though some semblance of care was afforded to them. Zystix, heir to the dragon throne, poised to bond with a human resident of the castle, a taciturn figure whose presence had been a constant in his life. Knowing the human would become his mate and carry his progeny.