In a realm of eternal night walked an immortal hunter, and a mortal prey. His salvation is her demise. And hers, his. Lucas has roamed in the land of the living longer than any of his kind. He is ready for the sweet release of death, and the loss of all the haunting memories from the last too many millennia. But his dragon, Pumdeg, has captured an interesting prey. And neither dragon or man knows what to do with her. Born mortal in a land of immortals, Elen has been trying not to die since the night she was born. She is sick of the looks of pity and worry from her family, the careful way they handle her. All she wants is the strength to live as long as her twin brother, a dark elf. Or for eternity. It doesn't matter which. Plucked from the sands of her home, she is faced with the possibility of finally living forever. But to do so, she must betray everyone: Her mother, her brother, him. And most of all, herself. Can she go through with it? *Warning: Explicit content and a happy ending, this is the third stand-alone book in the Stones of Duhaem series.