Full Summary

Ilarion Konstantinus, a Katagarian dragon, angers the Fates by using magic to search for his fated mate, they then inform him that his mate is a human. Having been enslaved by humans when he was young, Ilarion's distrust and hatred of the human race runs deep. When he discovers that his mate is Carina Drake, a governess in 1817 England, he must strive to overcome his prejudice while earning her trust, and hopefully her love, in return.

Carina Drake, orphaned at twenty one, was forced to find a post as a governess. Though her situation in life dictates that she should be a sensible and level headed woman, her underlying romantic nature is captivated when she encounters a mysterious man in the woods one afternoon. Walking the tight rope between propriety and desire, Carina longs to trust Ilarion but her experience of the world has taught her to be wary.

Meanwhile a dark presence is lurking, stirred to watchfulness by the dragon's presence.

This is a Fanfiction based off of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter Series. However, it is not necessary for you to be familiar with the Dark-Hunter series to read this story. Though the background for some of the story comes from that series, the main storyline is original.

Disclaimer

I do not own or claim any part of Sherrilyn Kenyon's fabulous Dark-Hunter world, or any of her characters. Any recognizable characters or storyline belong to Sherrilyn Kenyon, the only things I own are my original characters and the idea for the original story.

Rating

This story is Rated M, for some language, violence, and adult situations. If any of that offends you please do not read this story.

Author's Notes

Before I start my story I just want to clarify a few things:

I intend for the portions of my story that are set in the Dark-Hunter world, to be as true to what Sherrilyn Kenyon created as I can make it, but I apologize now for any errors that I make.

The majority of my story is original, and set in the Regency Era of England. Though characters, and their origins will be from the Dark-Hunter series, a great deal will be strictly a paranormal romance of my creation.

There will be adult situations in this story, but I intend to keep them tasteful and romantic, like in any good romance novel.

Please review! All constructive criticism is welcome, but this is my first real attempt at writing a story, so please NO flames!

Update 9/27/14: This story has been on hiatus a very long time but I am finally starting it back up, I apologize to any of my original readers for leaving this for so long. New chapters start with Chapter 2.

Thank you for reading!

7/11/15: I apologize for any story alerts that those of you who have followed my story received, I recently went back through and edited my old chapters and when I was updating the story on FanFiction I accidentally deleted content instead of replacing it. Sorry about that, but rest assured the new chapter is coming soon!

Were-Hunter Terms:

Filos – Family or Pack

Patria – Name for clans of Were-Hunters of the same race and animal genus. The existing Were patria are: Balios (jaguars), Niphetos Pardalia (snow leopards), Drakos (dragons), Panthiras (panthers), Gerakian (hawks, falcons, eagles,), Pardalia (leopards), Helikias (cheetahs), Tigarian (tigers), Litarian (lions), Tsakalis (jackals), Lykos (wolves), and Ursulan (bears).

Metriazo Collar – A thin silver collar designed specifically to control a Were-Hunter's magical powers and to keep them from shifting forms. It is VERY painful, and will eventually kill the wearer. It can only be removed by magic or extreme force.

~ Special Thanks ~

To DazedInReality, I never would have gotten around to writing this without your help and encouragement! Thank You so much!

Now on with the story ...