Elin's life was nice. Peaceful. Until a certain Faery came into her life and turned her world upside down- literally. She didn't believe in the Fae until one fateful day, when a young man came out of the lake to complete a bargain. Her mistake. He couldn't speak more than a few words of her language, and she can't speak any of his. Everyone knows that the most important thing in a marriage is communication, and they can't even do that. How will she survive as a Lord's wife in a world where political intrigues threaten to enslave her world? Will she ever feel like she belongs? Will she find a love like that of her parents and her own happily ever after?

Going down an upside-down pyramid has its risks. Finding a surviving Averyst was not supposed to be one of them. +++++++++++ She is an archaeologist, and this is her first big project. She was not supposed to make such a strange mistake as waking the dead... +++++++++++ He is terminally ill, and his illness has been brought to light - literally - by a human. This is about as strange life gets for him.