Kala was only 8 when Mystics killed her parents. At least, that's what she'd been told. Her uncle-one of the king's soldiers and the only witness-had never had the heart to burden her with the details of the night that had changed him forever. Still, she should have known better than to wander in to the woods alone. An encounter with a pair of elven enemies leaves Kala even more confused about her past, and uncertain of her future in the human world.