All they needed was a second chance ... As former police officer, his back broken in the line of duty, James' life hung by a thread. Securing treatment landed him deep in debt and working for a soldier of fortune company to pay for his recovery. When he learned just how dirty that company was, he had to decide if his conscience was worth becoming a lifelong paraplegic. Selena bore a terrible burden, living a futile life bound to an insane dragon lord. A nagini of rare ability, she surrendered willingly when the human soldiers destroyed the village she'd been sent to recruit. Yet, when she learned what the humans had in store for her, she knew her only hope lay in the one man who just didn't fit with the others. If he could spare her the fate she had in store, give her a second chance, she would defy every law to see him safe and rewarded. She couldn't know that reaching the safety of the city-state would be only the beginning of their troubles ...