"A Cousland always does their duty." He has lived by these words his entire life. Now Stryder is a fabled Grey Warden, and duty is more important than ever. When an Antivan Crow is sent to assassinate him and fails, he soon finds that there is more to Zevran Arainai than what meets the eye. Now, with the Blight at hand and civil war around the corner, can their young love survive?