Stride has wiped Zero's mind of all memories of him, but love is stronger than death. Zero starts to remember, their passion rekindling in spite of terror and threats.
Stride might be in command of all the demonic forces in the world, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Like any ruler, he never knows who trusteven his own sex shifter wife. Stride and Zero, the man he truly loves, are reunited but it's no picnic in the garden of Edenonly snakes and demonic forces hell-bent on destroying Stride.