This story takes place on the world of Gor, in the Plains of Turia. Ubar is a title given to the Greatest Warrior in a Tribe or City. Kassar are the Blood People, born and reborn in Blood and Battle.
Darius Wulf, the Ubar of Shadow Rider Kassar, walked the stakes were the girls were chained for the Love Wars. He saw a woman chained to the stake and knew in that moment that she had to be his. This woman was Louche, the Granddaughter of the neighboring Tuchuk Ubar. He knew that she was strong enough to be his. He knew this woman had trained in combat under Ozzy the Halfbreed. In her travels, she had been kidnapped and offered up as a prize in the Love Games. He saw her talking to a Tuchuk Warrior, who would take her home if he won her.
Multiple people had shown interest in Louche, many for her physical beauty, others to get back at or ransom her to her grandfather. Darius went over and grabbed her by her hair, stuck a finger in her mouth to make sure that she had all of her teeth. Louche bit him. He licked the blood from his finger, grabbed her and kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth, then biting her lip. She slapped him and pulled against the chains trying to attack him. He was not the first person to do that to her today. He spoke, "I believe that you shall be mine."
She yelled at him, "You are not strong enough, a Tuchuk Warrior fights for me this day, Kassar Sleen."