Traumatized by her experiences in a recent war, sixteen-year-old Maelen Saltbearer searches for someone to teach her magic.
He agrees to take h.
At first Garmyn is unwilling, but Maelen makes him a proposition; she will become his lover if he will teach her.
She finds herself on the doorstep of Garmyn, sole mage to the lord of a remote forest hold and town.
Due to her single-minded thirst for revenge, no mage has taken her as a student in the past two years, despite her innate talent.
Traumatized by her experiences in a recent war, sixteen-year-old Maelen Saltbearer searches for someone to teach her magic