As the relationship between him and the captive witch, Miranda, deepens, Atiernan knows that he is playing a dangerous game. A witch nearly destroyed him in the past, is he willing to risk enduring such pain again? If only Miranda was more like the cunning women she blindly idolizes. Determined to bring honor to her coven, she declares herself willing to do anything her captor asks of her. And everything he desires. As outside forces conspire to destroy them both, Atiernan and Miranda come to realize that they must either trust each other completely... Or stand back and usher in a destruction centuries in the making.