Returning from Earth with her adoptive parents and named sister to their home world, Illy sincerely believed that all her problems had stayed in the past. And what could possibly threaten a girl going there with an experienced sorceress and dryads—if now, by fate’s will, she has become a dryad herself? Well, perhaps only one thing—meeting her beloved, whom Illyra was forced to deceive.
However, from the very first steps, the family of Count Hingred le Traide, Illy’s adoptive father, turns out to face a choice: hand her over to a gang of killers of innocent people, or get involved in a mortally dangerous fight. And this small squad decides unanimously to take the battle, even though to win they will have to come up with a completely new tactic and invent new weapons—because dryads can’t tolerate either the death of living beings or their injuries.
But no one yet suspects that this battle is only the beginning of the fight for the fate of the kingdom and for Illy’s own happiness.