Elara accepted an arranged marriage to Lord Kael, only to discover he used her as an expendable decoy to shield his favored mistress from courtly assassins. Banished to the frigid northern wilderness in a callous bride swap, Elara severing all ties with her homeland to forge an independent domain among the ice clans.
Back at the capital, old war journals surface, revealing that Elara was the courageous battlefield medic who saved Kael's life years ago. Struck by agonizing remorse, Kael races into the howling arctic blizzards, crawling on bloody knees to beg for forgiveness from a queen who has already moved on.
