“Ye are trouble, lass, the kind I should stay away from.”

Astrid has known only the quiet life of the convent until a wounded soldier arrives, seeking the girl with the pendant, and destiny comes knocking.

Kai Alcorn’s mission is simple: escort the lost daughter of Laird Kenneth back to her clan. But Astrid is nothing like he expected—and everything he cannot have.

In the shadows of war, even duty can’t silence the forbidden pull between them.