Anna remembers everything: the Phoenix she raised, the girl who stole him, and the monsters that tore her apart while he abandoned her for Mia. Reborn before the pact is sealed, Anna refuses to die the same way twice. She lets Mia take the shining Phoenix—and claims the dying drake everyone laughs at. But that drake is Rurik, a black dragon with forbidden power, a vicious mouth, and a dangerous hunger for the woman who chose him.