She was looking for her brother, but found so much more... Frustrated by a lack of answers after her brother went missing in action while serving in the Mennetite army against the invading forces of Eriden, Narra Cledyss grew desperate enough to disguise herself as a man and enlist in her efforts to learn her brother's fate. Assigned to a battalion on the front lines, she tried to ignore the initial attraction she felt for the ruggedly handsome man in charge of the scouts. Sergeant Karsin Draeviss had served in the army since well before the war started, and as a scout, had excellent observational skills. He knew something was off with the more recent orders coming in, but hadn't yet discovered the origin. When physical contact during a skirmish with the enemy revealed his new scouting partner to be a woman, his first thought was to have her sent home. But when he heard her story and realized her brother was one of the earliest victims of the bad orders, he agreed to keep her secret and help her in her quest. But their growing closeness brought them an enemy more persistent than any Erideni soldier; an enemy that continued to harass them even as they worked at building a new life together after the war.