Elin is on the run again. With only one man at her side, her lover. Her former tormentor. A snow storm is coming in, and it will mean death for them both if they don’t find shelter. Worse yet they are being pursued and her lover, Ara’bor, is suffering a grievous wound. So when they see a cabin ahead with smoke rising from its chimney, it’s perhaps their salvation or damnation. After a life of misery and abuse, Elin’s used to that predicament. When they find out the man living there, Jered, is a Ranger, the outlaws know that their stay should be short. In the den of their enemy, Ara’bor falls into a deep sleep, and Elin is left alone to think quickly to avoid a mysterious and powerful man’s lusts.