What if a Havilliard and a Galathynius did fall in love? It has been almost thirty years since Aelin Galathynius won back her throne, and the generation that followed her has kept busy. Aelin's children have scattered over the map, but as a strange darkness begins to gather on the horizon, her daughter-and her Havilliard best friend- leads the search for answers.

Five years after being exiled to Illyria, Nesta turns up in a small country across the sea, with three children in tow. She's not looking for help anymore, but Cassian's lost her too many times to do so again, and this time, he has more at stake than ever before, if those three Illyrian-winged children have got anything to do with it.

Elide flies off with the witches to claim her Blackbeak heritage. As the three males set out in pursuit of Aelin, Rowan quickly loses hope and Gavriel begins to notice concerning changes in Lorcan. They all want to rescue their Queen, but loyalties are fickle, death is unbiased, secrets are rising to the surface, and memories -long forgotten for a reason- may be their undoing.

It is a secret, but Thranduil and his wife Aeweryn didn't have one son, but quintuplets. The only thing being that four never lived in their elven bodies. They came to life in a distant future, as mortals. Until the day, mere weeks before Aragorn brings Gollum to Mirkwood, when Legolas is taken by orcs, and the impossible happens. Legolas, Will, Brian, Balian and Paris in the quest