Lindsay Carrington is a prisoner of his life, and of the military testing facility where his parents sent him to have his magic “fixed”. When he finally escapes, freedom comes at great cost. The man who rescues him from near death is far from a savior—he’s a feral mage nearly as broken as Lindsay himself. Dane doesn’t argue with the wind that summons him to rescue Lindsay, but playing nursemaid isn’t the role he envisioned in the battle to end the human campaign to control his people. Yet here he is, bound to the delicate, skittish mage who unwittingly harbors one of the greatest magical powers ever known. Lindsay desperately hides his growing desire, sure that Dane could never reciprocate. Yet Dane lays his life on the line to protect him, restoring the one thing Lindsay thought was gone forever: hope. But true freedom to live—and to love—will elude Lindsay until he can regain his magic and win Dane’s complete devotion. And survive long enough to do both.