The look he was giving her. Serilda had never been looked at like that before . . . The intensity. The heat. The raw astonishment. He was going to kiss her. Cursed by the god of lies, a miller?s daughter has developed a talent for storytelling - but are all of her tales as false as they appear? When one of Serilda?s stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl...

It is the summer and a group of children are playing down by a stream when they do a terrible thing. Something that Birdy tries unsuccesfully to avert. While the other children in the gang find it easy to forget what they have done, Birdy is trapped in the moment and feels bound to do something to make ammends. But how does a child face up to responsibility and find the courage to do the right thing?.