Bryna never knew who she was. Her history consisted of being a foundling and a slave until a prisoner was brought into the home of the centurion who owned her. She is charged with helping him by her only friend, an ancient druidess, and thus it is that she makes her escape when she frees Tynan from his bonds.

However, there is one bond she cannot break so easily; the gaes he must fulfill or cause ruin for his people. Tynan must take a faery wife, one who is an avatar of the goddess of his people. Is it Bryna? As she freed Tynan, can she free his people with her life and love?

If you like a complex story that is not simple to sum up in a few, pithy words, then you will revel in this one. Fans of Moran Llewlyn or Eric Flint's early work will surely find this to be a most welcome addition to their TBR list. What is particularly fascinating is the fact that rather than focusing on one aspect of the fey world, the entire panoply of fairies is brought into play, making for an interesting exploration.

Synopsis
IN AN ANCIENT REALM OF MAGIC, LOVE HAS A DESTINY OF ITS OWN

Abandoned at birth on the shores of a sacred loch, Bryna never knew her family or true heritage. She exists as a slave in the fortress of a Roman invader, her only friend an ancient, blind Druidess, Derina. Her life is bleak and without hope. And then Derina tells her she must rescue the prisoner in the dungeon.

Tynan lies naked, chained to a cold, stone slab,both body and mind tortured by the Sorcerer, evil ally of the Roman lord. The Sorcerer's purpose? To discover if this one, at last, might by the Dark Chieftain, the fulfiller of prophecy.

Even deeper in the dungeon, trapped by magical enchantment, are the faeries. They await their liberator, the one who has been prophesied.

And the Dark Chieftain awaits a destiny of his own...mating with the territorial goddess...a union that will set the land, and many lives, aright. First, however, he must gain his freedom and find her. And Bryna is on her way to the dungeon...