Accompanying Alalakan dem al' Sheala to Drakan with her new husband, the Aradab Beti had nothing more on her mind that to protect her charge from anyone or anything who might hurt her. And, if she could do a bit of spying and learn a few new things about the Gattans for Mediria's spy master, so much the better. Radris had spent a good part of his life guarding his friend, the King of Drakan, from the insidious plots of the queen's sister, a woman who was willing to start wars with every other planet in the galaxy if it would make her queen. Those plots have all been foiled and the queen has seen her sister for the danger she is. Still others on the planet Gattan do not like having more and more aliens arrive on their planet. And, who is kidnapping young Gattan women and what is happening to them. Radris still has mysteries to solve. However, when Radris and Beti meet, the attration is apparent. Willing to trust his heart, Radris makes the first overtures. For Beti, however, the decision is much harder. How can she love a man on whom she is spying?