** spoiler alert ** 
 Waring: this book has rape, abuse and a lot of sexual content. 
 Instead of thinking this as the first book of a series, expect it to be like reading the first chapters of it. I thought it was too short to call it a story on its own. 
 Do not expect much world building, action or adventure in this Volume, but do expect to follow the relationsip between the characters closely and for it to develop as the story unravels. In this book, there is no romance between Laurent and Damen, but they slowly start to rely and trust each other building an unlikely partnership. It goes from hate to acceptance and a bit of respect, and leaves the window open for them to start builidng a friendship, or more. 
 On to volume 2.