To everyone's surprise, Nicky - aka Neko-laus - and Arthur Magnus just clicked. They found something in each other that they didn't even know they were looking for, however the Empire is no longer happy with their arrangement when they start to realize that their deadliest mage is now listening to someone else.
Magnus was bought as a child and trained to be the Empire's most feared killer. Achieving the rank of King Tiger and becoming known for being their most loyal and strongest King Tiger mage ever. He's the pride of the Empire until his relationship with his recently acquired latent calls his usefulness into question.
There is no future for a defective Tiger but wild "Neko" has something to say about that.
Nicky has to pull off the escape of the century if he wants to not only save his new found love from being disposed of but also keep himself from being forced into a new bonding with another mage.