Returning home from a mission only to find that her half-sister Casserah has been named heir, Kirra, a shiftling, falls in love with the married Lord Romar, a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger and leads them to the stronghold of the lords of the Thirteenth House. Reprint.Kirra, a shiftling, returns home from a mission to rescue Romar Brendan only to find that her half-sister Casserah has been named heir and she falls in love with the married Lord Romar, a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger.