300 years ago a man saved our village. He demanded a girl as payment: one every moon until he stopped returning their bodies. Two days ago another was returned. I don't know who or what he is or why he wants these girls. All I know is...I'm next.
On the brink of despair, totally giving up on ever finding happiness Joseph sees a woman called Elsa and suddenly his hardened demeanor, strict discipline and scrupulous method is blown away. She is all that matters and for the first time he has a chance of happiness. But will he sacrifice his duty for that?
Her village had forsaken her, allowed her to be dragged off to her death, but for Perttu, it wasn't her death he wanted - it was her.
Lorendian, a small country north of Russia, is under attack by Radeskian, a neighboring country with which Lorendian coexists peacefully only by immense effort. Radeskian is mad with thirst for power, perhaps even going so far as to plant a spy within the royal circle. But none of that matters to Celeste Edulici, the...
