In an ancient time, in an ancient land, their worlds collided. Can their love survive? Can they?Sara is the daughter of the emperor's legate in Caledonia, the Roman name for Scotland. Annachie is a Pictish warrior captured by her father's soldiers and made a slave. Their friendship grows into a love neither of them can even acknowledge, much less consummate.When her father finds them in what he thinks is a compromising position, he gives Annachie to a notorious slave trader and takes Sara back to Rome. Thinking that she will never see Annachie again, Sara agrees to become a Vestal Virgin. But six years later, her world is turned upside down when the games in the Coliseum feature the renowned gladiator, the "Beast of Caledonia". Annachie!Only for him would Sara forsake her vow of chastity and risk her life. And when she faces the ultimate price for loving him, only Annachie may be able to save her.