“Only a woman can be an Ellida,” Astrid’s mentor, Ellida Morgaine once explained to her. We outrank everybody; we’re a clan’s ultimate authority.”
“Why’s that?” Astrid wanted to know. “Why not a man?”
“Because no sane creator, or god, or force, or whoever you like, would grant such power to a man. It would be too much for any man to handle…”
…Astrid’s new life in Red Cliffs is everything but routine. As she learns about her role as the Red Cliffs clan’s Ellida, Astrid realises that her position comes with a few privileges and a mountain of duties. She is not only on the very top of the clan’s hierarchy, but also a confessor, adviser, healer, councillor… And the clan’s war-time leader. A deeply private person, as most of her wizard kind, she has to overcome her shyness and connect with her warm, sociable and less private werewolf relatives and clansmen.
Constantly on alert because of her stepfather Seth’s plans to kidnap her, Astrid draws her energy, courage and positivism from the inexhaustible depths of love that blossoms between her and Jack.
As the final battle with Seth becomes inevitable, Astrid is repeatedly warned that she and Jack must not conceive a child before the war with Seth is over. Pregnancy would temporarily shutter all Astrid’s wizard and werewolf powers, leaving her vulnerable and exposed… An opportunity Seth would not miss…