Zara was banished from her clan when she refused to go along with an arranged marriage. She was hired to be Kaleina's bodyguard, and then Shakari's when Kaleina disappeared. Many years have passed, so she thought nothing more of it. But for some reason the man she refused to marry, Zanthro, has recently tried to contact her. He has an ultimatum for her, be his wife or accept an honor duel to the death.