High Commander Lesto Arseni is the most feared man in the Harken Empire. None but the High King dares risk his wrath-and a pirate who once punched him in the middle of the imperial pavilion. A pirate who later snuck away with Lesto to an empty room, touched him in ways far more memorable. And then immediately bolted like a man who'd gotten what he wanted.Shemal just wants to live a normal life, leave his pirating days behind him and prove that he's...