Embittered by his losses and thwarted in his pursuit of vengeance, Murdoch is sworn to avenge his father by striking a blow against his enemy, the Silver Wolf. But the wise woman of the woods offers herself in exchange for peace, Murdoch cannot resist temptation. The mysterious beauty lights a fire in his blood, a need for more than vengeance, and Murdoch finds himself enchanted.
Nyssa is blessed with visions of the future to come, but believes that she is the last of her lineage of healers. When she dreams that her sister’s daughter yet lives but is in peril, she knows she must find the child, defend her and teach her. She strikes a bargain with Murdoch, a warrior with fearsome fighting skills, to aid in her quest, never guessing that her need for his touch will be so overwhelmingly powerful—or that she has the power to heal his wounds from the past.
Bound together by passion, Murdoch and Nyssa journey north to confront the shadows of her past. When Nyssa surrenders to her enemies for the sake of her sister’s child, Murdoch realizes that he must defend justice everywhere, beginning with the rescue of his beloved—no matter the cost to himself. Can Nyssa and Murdoch each relinquish the burden of the past to claim the promise of a future together?
Genre: FICTION / Romance / Historical / MedievalThis is the fourth and final book in the series. Please do not offer to translate this one before the others are available in your language.
Murdoch Campbell was caught between his loyalties. He had fulfilled half his sworn quest for vengeance but completing the task would mean injuring Alys Armstrong.
The choice was to keep his pledge to avenge the past and sacrifice a former friend, or surrender his sworn word and his honor.
‘Twas a conundrum, to be sure. There was naught Murdoch valued more than his vow.
Murdoch told himself that ’twas Alys who erred in this matter, for she had come to love the Silver Wolf whom Murdoch was sworn to kill. If she had to pay the price of her folly, he should not blame himself.
Strangely enough, that argument, which had been compelling two years before, had lost its lustre.
He must keep his vow –regardless of the cost. Of what merit was a man whose pledge was worthless?
But Alys would be devastated and he could not ignore that. He had known her almost all his life.
Murdoch had been raised by Rupert Campbell, the castellan of Kilderrick and the man he had long believed to be his father. Murdoch’s mother had died when he was five. The Lady of Kilderrick had delivered a daughter to her lord husband a mere two years later. Though the lady died soon after, the daughter, Alys, and Murdoch soon became allies in all manner of mischief. There had only been her nursemaid Morag to fuss over them and all of Kilderrick to explore while their fathers tended to the holding, each in his own way.
In those days, when he had a measure of ale, Rupert would suggest that Murdoch’s future might be as Laird of Kilderrick himself. The castellan was not alone in believing that Murdoch and Alys might one day make a match, or that their friendship might become more.
All changed when Murdoch had seen sixteen summers and Alys a mere nine, when the son of Jean le Beau attacked Kilderrick at the mercenary’s demand.
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Paola Sambruna and Alessandra Elisa Paganin
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