Karasonata’s apprentice, had been carefree once. She had married the son of a Visigoth warrior and dreamed of a life of adventure. That life had ended on the battlefield, but she had been spared the horror and indignity of capture by hiding with Teadorica’s newborn daughter. As they made their way to freedom, she clung to Karasonata, searching for purpose in the shadows of her mentor’s strength.