Enslaved by the unjust galactic overlords that destroyed his home planet and took his family from him, Vadim is willing to do anything to avenge his people. Rescued from the clutches of his captors by a shaky ally, in return for his freedom Vadim is asked to use his unique abilities to find and obtain a Faearian, a weapon in living form that could destroy the council of Unity forever. After surviving an attack by council soldiers, Vadim awakes, hidden away in a dark mountain. He owes his life to the mysterious and alluring woman that cares for him. Despite her prickly attitude that she uses as a shield, Vadim finds he is helpless against the feelings she awakens within him. Jelena is that last of her kind, a Faearian; a species that possesses a light so powerful it can destroy. She has spent her life hiding from those that would seek to use her as a weapon.When she stumbles across a wounded man, her first instinct is to rob him and leave him for dead, instead finds herself making another choice. Hiding the wounded warrior; Vadim, from others that seek to kill him, Jelena finds herself falling for the stubborn warrior. Every moment they share together makes her hunger for a normal life that she can never have. Their truce is shattered and her life left hanging in the balance as others come looking for Vadim and her secret is revealed. Realizing that the woman that saved him is the weapon he's after, Vadim feels his heart shatter. His vow of honor demands that he hand her over as promised. But can he choose between his need for vengeance and the woman meant for him? At the dawn of the battle that will determine the freedom of countless species in the galaxy, alliances will be torn and friendships lay on crumbling ground. In the end, is Jelena and Vadim's love strong enough to withstand the storm that is coming?