Among her clan of powerful trees, she was the most fragile-made of glass, stunning yet delicate. Destined to be the next Goddess of Nature, she longed for freedom, not responsibility. Spoiled by her grandparents, she ran away, seeking escape in the mortal realm. There, she indulged in risky adventures, including gambling with mortals, until she lost everything. As the gamblers chased her, she transformed into her glass tree form to hide, thinking she had escaped.
That was, until she encountered Sivan, a mysterious and powerful immortal who saw right through her disguise. He recognized her as someone who seemed to have done bad deeds and wronged others, someone trying to flee from the consequences and when she tried to run again, she ended up looking like a tree awkwardly running away on two legs. A glassy mess of branches and leaves flying everywhere.
He accidentally plucked one of her delicate glass leaves while chasing her. Without it, her core started to weaken, and her magic lost its stability. She feared she might never be able to return to her true form again.
Sivan, however, believed she was no simple tree-he suspected she was a demon in disguise, a creature of evil. Without hesitation, he imprisoned her in a jar designed to contain demons. In his eyes, she was just another dark force to be locked away.
Nirrin spends her days in Foresthome caring for orphans, getting into trouble, and listening to other people's adventures with secret envy. Which is why following an intriguing stranger into an unknown part of the forest seemed like a good idea at the time.
Nirrin doesn't expect to find her missing parents among a band of odd-looking misfits, but family is family, right? Her hopes to reclaim the kin she'd lost are challenged, however, when she uncovers their violent plot against "Normals" like her. They'll make an exception for her (Nirrin has always been great at exempting herself from rules), but doing nothing would mean endangering her friends in Foresthome. She must stop these outcasts from--who is she kidding? She's a smart-mouthed girl with no special talents. What is she going to do, talk them to death?
Maybe babysitting a bunch of other orphans in Foresthome wasn't such a bad deal after all.