Richard Martz, a broken mage cursed by his former colleagues, has removed himself from the world of magic. He lives anonymously until he encounters Holly Ellefson. She is not the human woman everyone sees, but a half-blood dark fey, who recognizes Richard as a mage. Holly's mother, a powerful human mage, placed a spell on Holly, hiding her from the local mages and fey courts, as Holly is both part-fey and a potential mage, a bloodline that is taboo...