In order to mend the breach and rescue the last remnants of his plan for peace, Sabrina's father offers her hand in marriage to Morgan MacDonnell. He agrees to the contract. Morgan knows the Camerons weren't behind his father's murder but he can't bring himself to suspect that one of his clansmen might be guilty of it. Nevertheless, he marries Sabrina and drags her off to the MacDonnell castle, unsure of what to do with her.

Sabrina believes that Morgan despises her. What she doesn't know is that Morgan has loved her from the time they were children. Until the night Morgan's father was murdered, Sabrina and Morgan had not seen each other for years. When they meet again, their attraction is palpable but distrust is even more potent as the evening unfolds.

Faced with a new and unpredictable future, Sabrina sets out to remake the crumbling MacDonnell castle into a home. She has a lot of opposition especially since she's a Cameron but Sabrina is relentless. The castle and its inhabitants gradually undergo a transformation but her plans are again thwarted when a murder attempt is made on her father's life. When she learns of the plot, Sabrina races to find Morgan. In her haste to find him, she has an accident that leaves her crippled. Sabrina's disability consumes her with rage and self-pity, destroying the fragile marriage she and Morgan had fought so hard to build.