Idra, shy and self-conscious, cannot seem to adjust to life at High Castle. Making friends among the ladies at court has proven nearly impossible, and she longs for the familiarity of Taisce. But she doesn't know how the fulfillment of her desires plays directly into the schemes of a certain knife wielding mercenary who hasn't forgotten the humiliation he once suffered at her hands. He's intent upon expanding his pirating empire, and Lady Idra is just the leverage needed to do it. She'll walk right into a trap he's spent the last year preparing, and not even a knight like Sir Ahmad will be able stop him. Idra's life will forever change—a slave to men or a ransom for a kingdom. As a prisoner on a pirate ship, a place where redemption is a figment of men's imaginations, an ocean separates her from all she loves. But the mercenary might have underestimated the captivating power of Idra's gentle spirit and the depth of Sir Ahmad's devotion to her, a woman he'd risk everything to protect.