A strained relationship, hurt, pain, love, and a mission. Augustus and Ariadne use to be close, guardians and partners, bonded, lovers, and half of each other’s soul... until he betrayed her for the Order they worked for and left her. She’s burned with a hatred ever since... and now he needs her help in rescuing the girl that replaced her. She swore to kill him next time she saw him but he can’t keep away anymore, he needs her... and for more than just the mission. Augustus wants to explain everything, he wants to beg for forgiveness and he wants to be in her life again, in any way she’ll have him... but their relationship had always been complicated. It was a forbidden relationship yet they couldn’t deny that they were made for one another.. and now he wants to remind her and rekindle the fire between them. He’ll do anything to have her again. Ariadne doesn’t know whether to rip the demon in front of her apart or to kiss him, she yearns for the answers to why he did what he did to her, she wants him to tell her he left the Order and that he wants her..., yet she can’t trust her heart with him. Can the hurt between them be forgiven or will they have to leave each other forever? This one was STEAMY. Like oh my gosh I did not expect that. The romance between them was great though, aside from all the steaminess, the romance was so well done. They are two people who love each other so much but are willing to do everything to protect the other, even if it means hurting one of them.