Ava is the head slave of Hadriana, the apprentice of the cruel Magister Danarius. A new slave appears in the compound and she doesn't know what to make of him. He gets special treatment and seems too gentle to be Danarius's new bodyguard. What can become of this young man with captivating eyes? What sinister plot could the magister have in store? A story of Fenris's life before and shortly after his markings are burned on, and his eventual escape.