A knight's protection? That she doesn't want...or need? Joan Lovent might be losing her sight, but she refuses to lose her independence too. So when Sir Warin de Talmont tells her it's too perilous for her to be out alone in the city she doesn't pay him any heed. But with threats surrounding them she begins to value his protection, and helps with his dangerous work in return. If only the powerful connection between them wasn't so impossible to ignore!