Scotia MacAlpin may be only eighteen years old, but she's no stranger to trouble. Her latest incident--which resulted in a death and forced her clan into battle--has made her an outcast among her exiled people. Scotia is tired of being ignored and overshadowed by her sister, a gifted Guardian of the Targe, and she's become hell-bent on destroying the army out to capture the ancient Highland relic for their English king. Duncan of Dunlairig has looked...