No masters. No mercy. No surrender.

Rowan was raised by the Church of the Silver Hand to hunt orcs without mercy, but she chose defiance over obedience and disappeared into the shadows of Ostelan, fighting to be free of their chains. When she finds an orc bleeding out beneath Ostelan blades, she reacts on instinct and saves him. She doesn't know why she patches him up--or why she agrees to help him--but she can't seem to walk away.

Kaldor knows she is his. The mate bond ignites the moment he sees her, and he is drawn to her with a reckless obsession. Hunted through the Wild Lands, they carve a path toward a mission that could shift the balance of the kingdom. A rebellion is rising in Ostelan and Rowan must decide if she will remain a weapon in the shadows, or risk becoming something more with the one person who sees beyond all her sharp edges.