Chapter One

The last thing Captain Eirik Askelson of Valdar was hoping to find during his nighttime raid of a small village was a girl - no, a young woman - in need of rescuing. Half-starved, covered in dirt, and chained to a wall, the girl named Liara is more than happy to be free. But when the captain brings her along on the long march home with his troops, he soon discovers this girl is not at all what she appears.

Not only is she from a strange country far to the north, but she can fight as fiercely as any of his best warriors, and she has strange scars all along her back.

Will Liara's secrets interfere with her growing affection for the handsome captain?