Abducted and imprisoned in an army stockade by an obsessed army officer, Sophia Deveraux needs protection if she hopes to make the long, dangerous journey into Indian Territory. When an injured native is captured, her hopes for survival are renewed. With his assistance, she believes she will finally be free of the evil man pursuing her. Choctaw lighthorseman Clay Jefferson is not innocent to the hard life on the frontier. While gathering information to prevent the Cherokees’ removal, he is badly injured and captured. Sophia nurses him back to health, but he must choose between avenging his family’s death or allowing the innocent beauty to awaken his heart.