When her carefully ordered world begins to unravel, Maelle—high priestess of fire and second only to The Lady of Mann—must confront the one force she cannot command: her own heart.

She’s sent to Ystrad Clud on two urgent missions—to heal the ailing wife of the head chieftain, Cynnet, and to secure his military support for the Isle of Mann. What should be simple diplomacy becomes dangerously complicated when she reunites with Cynnet, the man she met a decade earlier—and never forgot.

Cynnet struggles between duty and desire as old passion reignites, and suspicion grows within his keep. As danger, betrayal, and sacred destiny close in, Maelle and Cynnet must decide whether their love can survive the cost of choosing each other.