A vengeful goddess demands a sacrifice.
Sloane MacIntosh isn't an ordinary talisman.
Gifted with the skill of the Sight, she knows her warrior's fate.
Powerless to stop him from flinging himself headlong into death, Sloane mourns a sacrifice demanded by the war goddess on her summer feast day.
Having found-and lost-her warrior, her fated mate, in the same evening, she knows what it means when the goddess demands a sacrifice.
Her talisman skills couldn't stop the godde.