LOVE CONQUERS ALL, BUT WHAT OF OBSESSION?Alistair was once apprentice to the royal mage Lara, a woman who was also the object of his boyhood crush. In order to defeat a powerful foe and save her young ward, Lara turned herself into stone. Now, it 's been twenty years, during which time Alistair 's crush has festered into an obsession. With Lara newly restored to life, Alistair has to make up for lost time.However, Lara can 't reconcile the boy she once knew with the man he 's become. She was supposed to look after this cold, domineering, and at times dangerously volatile man. In fact, she was prepared to adopt him. But now that their age gap has been reversed, Alistair has a different family dynamic in mind. Can Lara look beyond the relationship that once was and see a new future with him?