In the 17th Century, the ancient sprawl of Epping forest is bursting with magic and those who go unseen by human eyes: the elves who rule the summer court, and the goblins who rule the winter court. It is said that if a human catches the eye of one of the fey, they are either doomed or blessed. Contains the stories: Wulfren and the Warlock: When Wulfren wakes from a strange dream of a human captor with long silver hair, and grey eyes, his brothers tell him they rescued him from a warlock, and take Wulfren back home to the goblin king's palace. But Wulfren isn’t so sure the matter is that simple. Why was he missing so long? What are the strange dreams of the beautiful man with the silver hair? Dalliances with humans are severely frowned upon, especially by Wulfren’s father, but Wulfren is willing to risk the scorn of his family to find the human who haunts his dreams. Quiller and the Runaway Prince: After a hard winter, Quiller is sent deep into the forest on a family errand, and is surprised when a human stumbles into his path. Quiller swoops in to pester him, perhaps even eat him, but there is something special about the human: his scent is royal, though he protests that he is not, and soon Quiller finds himself agreeing to help the human with his troubles—in exchange for a kiss.

Goblins

Returning to the court, Vaughn began to delegate tasks amongst the attendants. He started telling us what to do as well, which Quiller and Garnet moaned about. Vesey was sent to locate our wayward middle brother, Yale, while Selby decided that heshould be delegating too, not actually doing any work.


I yawned once more. My eyes wanted to close, and my limbs were sluggish. When I got under their feet too many times, Selby sent me away, telling me to take a nap. I gratefully trudged upstairs, pleased to be on my own. I opened the door to my bedroom, and saw that my bed was made. My bed was nevermade. Surely I hadn’t been gone a whole season? Collapsing on the moss and woven silk, I fell asleep almost immediately. I dreamt of grey, violet tinged eyes, and silver-spun hair.


Chapter 8