Ellie is a tinlin, an elf, living in the woods. She had watched her parents fly up in the sky as a wind dancer when she was young but now she wants to know where they went. While watching the annual skyfall ceremony, she sees a star land not too far away. she decides to travel to it, even if it means walking through the human land to get to it. But when she arrives and touches it, she is horrified by the images that she sees. She needs to learn about her people and where the wind dancers go before she can make the ultimate decision for the mating ceremony and decide whether to love or be alone forever.