Every witch's family tree is rooted in unexpected magic.Alexandria, Egypt, 30 ADThe last thing Alena anticipates is to be hauled out of bed by an Egyptian soldier and tossed into a stone cell, but when Orpheus steps from the shadows, she knows she's in real trouble. The rake almost tricked her into his bed once and is the one man she's tried to avoid since. To her utter dismay, she learns he's her partner in a forced mission: to acquire a celestial weapon for Cleopatra, one protected by the gods.Orpheus never expected to meet anyone like Alena, let alone to deceive her. Could their immediate connection be due to a common secret-ancestral magic? To win this game of the gods thrust upon them, he'll have to earn her trust again and heal old wounds... before it's too late.The biggest surprise for both of them? Surviving their quest is just the beginning. Together, they have the potential to build a dynasty of powerful witches and wizards. All it will take is a book, a tree, and a dragon.