When Brenna recovered, she noticed the sudden change of attitude in him. Garrick panicked and did everything to make her well. But he became worried and when he came back to see Brenna, he was surprised to see her terribly ill. Garrick was furious and decided to put her in a cold cell. But to his dismay, after making love with her, she escaped.īrenna, even though she doesn’t know where to go, was happy to leave. Garrick was surprised with her sudden change of attitude and thought that finally he has tamed the girl.

This led her to be more curious and even provoke Garrick to take her just to satisfy her curiosity. After Garrick has taken her, he realized that it was not as painful as what her stepsister made her to believe. But she feared for the pain of sleeping with a man because of the false beliefs that her stepsister has implanted in her. Garrick got impatient towards her, and with desire growing in him, he decided to take the woman.īrenna has not feared anything nor anyone. However, Garrick has found interest in his stubbornness and decided to tame her.īut Brenna was too proud to abide to his wishes. She was happy to know that Garrick has no interest in women, and she thought that she would be saved from his vicious hand. She despises the Vikings especially its leader, Anselm. His mistrust towards women was caused by a woman who left him for a fat but wealthy merchant.īrenna has no intention to wed Garrick, or to be his slave. He abhors them and believes that women cannot be trusted. However, Garrick has no desire for women. He decided to give the woman to his second son, to whom, Brenna is supposed to get married. They were brought to the Viking’s land, and Anselm, the head of the Vikings, find Brenna’s strong spirit and defiance towards what happened, remarkable. Brenna, being raised by her father with the knowledge to battle, tried to protect her land, but failed since the attackers are powerful and they are outnumbered. However, upon his father’s death, the Viking’s attack their village and held everyone, alive, captive.

Brenna is to wed a Viking chieftain’s son to prevent their island from being attacked.

Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey