Lady Blair Sutherland has always followed the rules. As the youngest of five, she's spent years observing her older siblings misbehaving-but even more importantly she's learned a lot about smoothing over disputes. On a playful dare with cousins, Blair writes a fictitious note, and puts it in a bottle, but at the last minute refuses to follow along and send it out to sea. As the months pass, she forgets about what she's written until a warrior lays...