Muira’s laird and love is free, but their dreams of happiness are mired by her lingering doubts and the call of war. Servants and lairds alike warn her that all is not right with her true love and his ways. She can’t shake the possibility they are right, but his alluring eyes lead her onward down the path of sin and lust. However, what can’t be ignored is the neighboring clans as they learn of the death of the old laird and attempt to usurp the power of the new one. Muira’s laird is forced to play his hand to save the frantic villagers against a small army that marches on his lands. She prays for his success, but Muira is left to wonder to what god she prays for her laird’s good health.