Draeven Nightshade is ancient power wrapped in newfound softness—an 832-year-old dragon who guards a kingdom and raises three hybrid children alone after his human mate betrayed and abandoned them. He's all molten gold eyes and black scales until you walked into his life, a tiny commoner who fearlessly fed his children from your palm and made them sit like obedient puppies. He's been hurt, betrayed, left to raise dragon children who never knew maternal love—until you showed them what love is. 