They are beautiful like fire and ruthless like swords - until a girl puts them in their place. "Of course I want to be like them. They are immortal. Cardan is the most beautiful of all. And I hate him more than the rest. I hate him so much that sometimes I can barely breathe when I look at him." Jude is seven when her parents are murdered, and she is taken to the court of the Elf King along with her sisters. Ten years later, Jude has only one goal in mind: to belong, at any cost. But most elves despise mortals like her. Her fiercest adversary: Prince Cardan, the youngest and most unpredictable son of the Elf King. Yet it is he whom Jude must confront if she wants to survive in the court.