Knights of the Arcani Order are sworn to duty. To only use their magic and their fighting skills to defend the realm. Love and intimacy are forbidden. Galeran violated all those vows, and now he's a wanted man. On the run after slaughtering a household full of servants to abduct his estranged wife. Jacen sets out to bring his former apprentice to justice, but secrets in his own not-so-pure past may force him to choose between duty and the path his heart wants him to take...