Thranduil knows better than any that beauty is only skin deep, but what does he believe lies underneath? Early Third Age and beyond.

An Elven king without family or love. An Elleth without residence or optimism. Both are looking for the same thing, if only they could spot it in each other. A tale of forgiveness, renewed hope, and love. Thranduil x Tauriel. Post-BotFA, The Hobbit era.

Sarah Jenkins works in a nursing home in a rural town outside of Chicago, a quite place where nothing changes and nothing new happens. That is until she is transported by a frightening act of drowning in her tub by an invisible force, and wakes up in the middle of Mirkwood with no idea how she ended up there or why. Will Thranduil take pity on the girl or have her rot in a cell?

You are kept as a guest in the elven halls, unsure why, you become involved with King Thranduil himself only to discover a dark secret. Romance, adventure and smut occur.