Sandor is a man hardened by battle and life, scarred physically and emotionally. He’s been raised to believe that kindness is weakness, and he’s never known anything but brutality and disdain. Yet, when the woman tends to his wounds, offering gentleness he’s never known, Sandor finds himself unsettled. His usual defense mechanisms of harsh words and dismissal are all that keep him from acknowledging the warmth in her touch—he doesn’t know how to trust it, but he can’t ignore it.