To Kinig, the dark elves represent everything wonderful and mysterious in the world. If he could become the expert about the elves, his bardic career would be set. Luckily, times had changed, and his request to live among the elves for a time is granted, and Kinig is given into the care of Fallil, a bard among the elves. Fallil doesn't expect to fall in love, but he does, and what begins as friendship grows into love and abiding passion. But Fallil knows he has to let Kinig go fulfill his dreams if the two are ever to be truly happy. Nine cycles of seasons later, Kinig has realized his dreams of fame and is known over two continents as Kinig of the Dark Elves, the one human who knows as much as the raedjour themselves. Now, his thoughts stray back to the man he loves and it is time to return to the Dark Forest. It's Kinig's knowledge that brings him to the attention of a solitary mage who holds the last red elf in his thrall. The red elf, Nialdlye comes to care for Kinig and sees in his stories a possible solution to her own problems. Can the two together break free of the mage's power and make their way back to Fallil? Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, voyeurism.