Dragons rule Rome. With their supreme legionnaires and flying deathriders, they conquer and pillage and burn. Malina Bihari is taken captive by the same Roman who once bestowed a secret talisman to her in a stolen moment long ago. Roman general and nephew to the emperor, Julianus Dakkia never thought to see her again—the Dacian dancer who’d set his blood on fire with her fierce, dark beauty.

While Malina plots her escape, Julian does the last thing she’d ever expect of a dragon noble. Trusting her with a secret that would put his head on the imperial gate could be his worst mistake. Trusting him with her safety could cost Malina not just her own life, but that of the people she was prophesied to free. Still, Fortuna spins her wheel, pulling them on a perilous path that can only end in heartbreak or death. Or both.