In a world where empires rise on blood and fall in silence, Evelyn Esguerra is not supposed to survive. Eighteen years old. A captive. A forgotten daughter. And the keeper of secrets powerful enough to burn continents. Dragged into the frozen heart of Siberia, Evelyn becomes a prize in a ruthless game of power ruled by Richard Rodgers, a man who believes mercy is weakness and control is destiny. The snow watches. The forest listens. And escape is a lie told to keep prisoners obedient. Until Aalric Vale. Cold-eyed. Battle-trained. Bound by vows he never breaks. The youngest Army Commander of Western Russia and a man who has never allowed emotion to interfere with duty... until her. Thrown together by betrayal, hunted through ice-bound forests, stalked by wolves both human and wild, Evelyn and Aalric must survive a world that wants them erased. Every step forward costs blood. Every moment of closeness threatens the walls they've built around themselves. This is not a soft love story. This is fear, survival, loyalty, and fire. This is what happens when a girl who refuses to bow collides with a man who was never meant to fall. Are you ready to enter in this high stake's world? Because if you did... There will be no going back