Still on the run, Gaw'yn and Dyfeline have fled to Akrähyng, the city where dragons are raised. Far from leading a soothing existence, both of them are preyed on with their demons... Gaw'yn must absolutely obtain the flower of Thnen, the only remedy to his bloody impulses of Ar'thnen and Dyfeline, ravaged by the remorse of having killed while she was a gourd, cannot resolve to forgive herself. Far from the citadel of the Black Elves, they think they have escaped from their assassins and are hired as cage valets, at dragon farms. Determined to earn their living honestly, the couple does not know that since Slurce messages are sent to the Black Elves of the four corners of the Land of Arran to find their trace. The hunt continues...