Leora yields herself to an altar of blood and ash when ruthless relatives threaten to murder her fragile younger sister, expecting death in the depths of a sacred mountain cavern. Instead, her flowing blood melts the thousand-year runic chains encasing Arkan, the fearsome Lion God. Bound by an agonizing glacial curse that freezes his divine marrow, Arkan discovers that Leora's touch is the sole warmth capable of soothing his torment.
Marking her with his celestial sigil, Arkan claims Leora as his eternal companion and brings down his divine wrath upon her corrupt family. Trapped within his majestic palace, Leora must navigate the deity's terrifying territorial possessiveness while learning to harness her own latent spiritual gifts. Together, they confront primordial demons plotting to plunge the mortal realm into eternal frost.
