Elara Weir carries the sacred solar bloodline within her veins, yet her aristocratic family treats her like an expendable lightning rod, forcing her to take corporal punishment whenever her favored brother Kaylan stumbles. On the eve of the imperial Solar Crown Trial, her ruthless mother locks Elara within the forbidden Moonfrost Chamber to prevent her from outshining her brother.
As absolute zero frost extinguishes the solar warmth inside her chest, Elara dies in lonely darkness while her father and brother arrive too late to break the enchanted iron doors. Awakening in the past before the ritual begins, Elara severs blood ties with her family, letting their sacred dynasty freeze without her light.
