To pay off debts my family gave me to the palace in Alfeim.I will be sent there on my 18th birthday .The cold frosty Elf king Jerith is said to be heartless insensitive and cruel . My main goal is to survive, and not have my life ended by the hands of the cruel dominating king . 17 year old Astrid is thrown into the hands of one of the most feared elves in all of Agartha. Upon her 18th birthday she must leave her home Village of Nysa and be taken to the Palace in Alfeim.where she will serve the king to work off her family's debt. She fears the king . He is vicious she has heard the stories of all he has done . No one holds his power . No other elf could over power the Elf king . ....................................................................... Alfeim ~ Land of elves in Norse mythology. Agartha ~ a legendary City at Earth's core. Nysa ~ a beautiful vally full of nymphs in Greek mythology. Astrid. ~ is a Scandinavian name which means "divinely beautiful". Jareth ~ for the Goblin King from Labyrinth. (I loved this movie growing up) ELF: An elf is a type of humanlike supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. In medieval Germanic-speaking cultures, elves seem generally to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them. **I do not own any images used for the cover or inside this work. If you see something that needs to be taken down please let me know . This is however 100 percent my original writing, and I do not give any permission for anyone else to use it .**