As Cécile watches the branding iron burn into young Lesharo's flesh, she knows she must act. Defying convention, the headstrong girl buys the slave's freedom and treats him as an equal. Lesharo is Pawnee - the People of the Wolf. Sworn to protect Cécile, he accompanies her and her father on a perilous journey to the new fort at Détroit. Cécile hates life within the palisades, where Lesharo is once again looked upon as a slave. Torn between two worlds, they can only be free in the wild - where the wolf watches and waits. But freedom will not come easily. One terrible night, Cécile is forced to make a dreadful choice…
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