Toa is a soldier who has been betrayed by his own people. Tortured for what he knows he has some difficult choices to make. Save his family and leave behind the chance at a real life or stay with the woman he loves and leave his family in slavery. Megan has grown up in the shadow of her famous parents. Even though she is a genius architect, there always seems something is missing from her life. The small world she has lived in seems smaller every day. Until she finds a wounded soldier in the Wildlands and everything changes. Will they lead each other out of trouble or will they end up in deeper?