Heavy is the crown of darkness...Lachlan Ravenswood lives in cold, emotionless exile lest he tempts the demon within him to rise. For centuries he's denied its darkest urgings, his duty to the realm as a shadow assassin the only call to which he responds. Until her. Shilah Symonrah, an Imperial telepath on a mission to liberate her kingdom from a tyrant, arouses every protective and lustful instinct within him.However, in a desperate bid to escape...