Note: First published as a chapbook; revised when reprinted in A Heart Full of Stars.

Synopsis: "The time has come for Noa to find her ahavatara and gain full use of her magic, but the man she's chosen to take her virginity has other ideas. Riordan de Cimmerian's the most powerful man in Somnus Keep, but he's also distant and some say, cruel. Can Noa convince him her need is worth tithing her soul to his for the rest of their lives?" (publisher)