Cerys inherits her uncle's Shadowmoor home and begins exchanging enchanted letters with Rhain in Lorwyn. Their shared interest in plants becomes affection before either knows the other's appearance. Rhain hides the calcification that is hardening his body and heart; Cerys assumes there will always be another letter.
A hidden sprig of dawnglove reveals that her uncle once considered breaking elven law to save Rhain. Cerys makes the choice he could not finish. She crosses the aurora, feeds Rhain the cure and arrives with a damaged reliquary. Lorwyn's influence twists her speech into cruelty even while her actions remain devoted.
Rhain carries Cerys toward Shadowmoor, but her calcification becomes irreversible inside the aurora. His returns too. Refusing to abandon her, he remains as both turn to stone in their final embrace.