Description:Eliri has one desire—to slay the triceratops who killed her mother and maimed her father. Brog, one of the men in her tribe, yearns to make her his woman. But his touch ignites uncomfortable longings, and she flees the village to escape him and to avenge her mother.
Her quest takes her far away, to the territory where the triceratops dwell. There, she finds the beast who killed her mother and slays him. Drenched in the creature's blood, she bathes in a stream, intending to return to her village, to her father and sisters. But a new danger finds her—a Baryonyx with one thing on his small brain—claiming Eliri as his mate.