Love heals all wounds through blood & sacrifice. King Ryan of Yorath, nicknamed the Flame Thrower for his magical abilities of being able to manipulate fire, finds a beaten woman on his lands, raising questions to her identity. Through her healing, he learns this woman, Princess Tillian of Folkyn, a neighboring realm ruled by the tyrannical King Irfan, has been abducted and discarded in King Ryan's land. He struggles with an immediate attraction for he has vowed he'd never marry but is overwhelmed with a need to protect her. Driven with this new passion, he embarks on a dangerous journey which will without a doubt start a war with Folkyn.