After the festival, Tamlin bites and kisses Feyre in a magic-induced passion, having warned her to stay away from him that night. Tamlin opens up to Feyre, despite having a heart that Lucien says is made of “stone.” At the springtime faerie festival of Calanmai, Feyre is rescued from an attack by Rhysand, a High Fae later revealed to be the High Lord of the Night Court of Prythian. Afterwards, Feyre expresses her regret over killing the faerie wolf. One night, Tamlin brings home an injured faerie from the Summer Court whom Feyre comforts as it dies. Feyre attempts to overcome her illiteracy, and Tamlin provides Feyre with paints and canvas to explore her artistic dreams. Feyre accidentally attracts the attention of the evil naga faeries but manages to free the Suriel and kill two of the naga before she is rescued by Tamlin.įeyre and Tamlin grow closer and begin to respect one another. Later, this force is revealed to be Amarantha, the self-appointed Faerie Queen of Prythian and a vicious general in the war against humans 500 years ago.

Feyre discovers her many misconceptions about the faerie realm, and she traps a Suriel, a truth-telling faerie, to learn more about a dark force threatening all of Prythian. Feyre strikes up a friendship with Tamlin’s friend and emissary, a High Fae named Lucien. All the faeries of Tamlin’s court are cursed to permanently wear the masks they donned for a masquerade nearly 50 years ago. Tamlin, though brusque, ensures Feyre is comfortable and arranges for her family’s provision in her absence. She chooses to go with him to Prythian.Īt first, Feyre is wary of the Spring Court and desperate to return to her family. Learning it was Feyre, he tells her that she can either return with him to Prythian or be killed as punishment for murdering the faerie. The next day, Tamlin, the High Lord of the Spring Court in the faerie realm of Prythian, appears at Feyre’s cabin and demands to know who murdered his friend. Desperate to feed her family, Feyre kills an enormous wolf who is actually a faerie in disguise. Feyre is the sole provider for her father and sisters since her merchant father lost the family fortune. Humans still hate and fear faeries, especially the High Fae, the powerful, shape-shifting humanoid faerie ruling class. Five centuries ago, enslaved humans fought a war for their freedom from their faerie overlords, and now all humans live cramped together in the southern part of the world. Feyre Archeron, a 19-year-old huntress, stalks a doe in the woods near the border wall between the human and faerie realms.

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