A desire for position has brought Ondry and Liam to a human being world to trade, but coping with humans has brought up all the previous pain in Liam’s heart. Despite the fact that Ondry would do anything to safeguard his beloved palteia, he doesn’t know how to protect Liam from himself. Worse, Ondry isn’t sure how to shield Liam from the shifting politics in the Rownt dispatch where the Calti Grandmothers are nothing beats the types they left behind on earth.

With everything in their lives changing, Ondry and Liam have only each other. If Ondry can’t find a way to guard Liam from your ghosts of the past and overcome the impossibly short life span of the human, their small family might be over long before either of these is preparing to release. Ondry has always been a dominating and possessive Rownt, and with Liam in danger, those traits are essential as he issues the world to protect his lover.

Contains mature themes.