Returning home after he is presumed dead in battle, Captain Matthew Leland is astonished to discover a woman who claims to be his wife and who he sets out to expose as a scheming seductress.

Haunted by premonitions of her betrothed's death on their upcoming wedding day, Maggie McCallum, bartered to Owen Duff like a piece of property, tries to convince him to call off the ceremony, but the stubborn Highlander, who has wanted her for years, refuses to let her go despite her warnings.