Illusions

"I don't do patrols, I don't go hunting, I just stick close to you. You live your life, I'll keep you safe," Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. "Or die trying."
Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is confident that David was the right choice.

But just as life returns to normal, Laurel realizes that a hidden enemy lies in wait. Once again, Laurel must turn to Tamani to protect and guide her, for the danger that now threatens Avalon is one that no faerie thought would ever be possible.

班上新來的轉學生，竟然是音訊全無的塔馬米！
而那擁有精靈眼神的新生有紀，
究竟只是「野花精靈」，還是可怕的「黑暗精靈」？
令羅芮兒和整個亞法隆王國警鈴大作！

亞法隆的敵人，顯然比他們想像得更複雜。
她的愛情也是。

進入高年級，羅芮兒與大衛在沒有巨魔的騷擾下，平安無事地度過了幾個月——直到開學當天，她看見包括塔馬米在內的三名轉學生——令她的心再度開始動搖，也讓大衛感到緊繃。羅芮兒儘管很開心見到她的精靈護衛，卻也愈來愈不敢肯定，塔馬米的出現，是否會影響她和大衛的感情。

在這些轉學生中，有一個謎樣的日本女孩「由紀」，而她的監護人竟然就是神祕的巨魔獵人卡莉亞。卡莉亞暗示有紀很可能是名樹精，並請羅芮兒照顧她，但這名「野生精靈」卻在亞法隆引發了軒然大波。

同時，他們周遭始終有巨魔出現的跡象，而且總是憑空消失。塔馬米等護衛深深懷疑，這超乎巨魔能力的黑暗魔法，代表著一個可怕的陰謀。

為自己的心搖擺不定的羅芮兒，不僅要面對重新闖進她心防的塔馬米、似乎愛慕著塔馬米的轉學生——陌生的精靈由紀；還得試圖找出有紀的真實身分及她與卡莉亞的關係，同時再度遭逢來去無蹤的巨魔……這個秋天，她的愛情與人生，似乎全陷入了是敵是友的幻象之中。

Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyperactive imagination. She completed her BA in creative writing at the age of twenty at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Aprilynne lives with her husband and children in Arizona.