When Draeldin sent Nova to shelter with Ri’ar, he claimed it wasn’t punishment. But Nova can’t help regarding it as anything other than exile. He knows this situation is his fault; he hurt his master without meaning to. But he will do anything to mend the rift that has formed between them – no matter the cost.

The last thing Draeldin Loreld wanted was to send Nova away. But the situation surrounding him has grown increasingly dangerous, and he can see no other way to protect his precious submissive – despite the cold hand of longing that grips his heart in the man’s absence.

On the battlefield, Draeldin knows no fear. But his personal life has become plagued by it. And he can’t deny his separation from Nova has a secondary purpose – to prevent the man from abandoning him before he can find some way to mend the divide opening between them.

As the wheels turn, Draeldin’s enemies move ever closer to closing their net around the elusive general. Can Nova win his way back into the man’s grace before the hammer falls? Or are they doomed to remain forever apart?