When shy, reticent Elias gets married to a dynamic older man, he hopes to say goodbye to his melancholy former life and make the most of their modern civil partnership. But soon he finds himself haunted by the beguiling idea of his dead predecessor: the man Elias would love to be, and even love to love. Inspired by Chaucer's medieval dream romances, this modern day tale uses gothic themes to explore the differences between civil partnerships and traditional notions of love and marriage. Part of the collection The Green Lady and Other Stories.