Negotiation: a Twelve Kingdoms Novella

A wounded warrior trapped by the sorceress who knows him better than he does himself...

General Uorsin escapes the last devastating battle, only to find himself alone on a mountain, feverish and no closer to finding the paradise that drives him on. Salena, greatest shapeshifter and magic-worker of her people, springs the trap she's set to protect her land--and to prevent the ravager Uorsin from ever reaching it.

Together, they spend a night setting the terms that will determine not only the r...