Lost to the madness of a witch's curse, the Orc King advances on the castle at Pontheugh. His heart pulls him in one direction while magic drags him in another. All the while, fate is at work, bringing two lonely souls ever nearer.
Alba . . . her heart breaking day by day. She's driven to her own kind of madness. A raid on her village should have been devasting and yet, she finds herself saved-free to start anew. But her deepest desire is unchanging and she finds herself so easily Captured by the Orc King.
