How far would you go for love and survival?
It has been a long time since Dalia stopped believing in fairies and in fairy tales that end with “…and they lived happily ever after.” At twenty-three, the only true love she has found is in her family’s business: a flower farm and a small florist shop.
Her story begins to change when she sees Helios. She first spots him sneaking into the garden of her grandfather’s house—where Dalia has just moved in with her best friend, Ari. To everyone else, he appears to be an ordinary young man… except to Dalia; she seems to be the only one who can see the mantle of light—resembling a pair of wings—emerging from his back. Clearly, he can only be a fairy.
She is half-right: Helios is actually a young man from a parallel world who has traveled to ours in search of the prince he has spent half his life protecting. Helios and Dalia strike a deal: she will help him find his prince (named Bal) in exchange for him telling her about his world—hoping that, perhaps, she might discover why she can see his wings. As calculating and charming as the fairies of our mythology, Helios weaves a web, while Dalia remains unaware that his every move is carefully calculated to win her trust.
And so, following conversations where he paints his world as an idyllic place, and revelations—such as the existence of magic or the fact that Helios sleeps in a cave—he eventually convinces Dalia to offer him a place to stay in her home…