Half-elf Alleria, princess of her father's people, has agreed to travel with a human company led by dedicated paladin Swaen to fulfil an ancient prophecy affecting all the peoples of their world. They travel quickly, the impetuous young woman under their protection. None of them expected a thief in the night: Terrance, a man travelling alone who seems, in his own way, as dedicated as any of them to seeing the prophecy fulfilled.
Yet their romantic and physical entanglements - resulting from Swaen's intense focus upon his ward, Alleria's unabashed exploration of human sensuality, and Terrance's propensity for appearing out of nowhere in the night - may throw that fulfillment into jeopardy. Can they get Alleria where she needs to be in time, or will desire trump prophecy?
