For three centuries, the Ashvales and the Vaelwyns have been enemies. Fire against Frost. Two ancient bloodlines bound by a hatred so deep that it has been passed from generation to generation. Eliera Ashvale has been raised to believe the Vaelwyns are responsible for everything her family has lost. As the heir to one of the most powerful Fire families in the Fae realm, she knows exactly where she stands. Until she meets Nyvara Vaelwyn. Nyvara is the last daughter of a fallen noble house, stripped of her family's title and left to carry the weight of a feud she never started. She has spent her entire life being taught to hate the Ashvales. When the two girls meet at the Fae Academy, their families' hatred follows them through every corridor. They compete. They clash. They challenge everything the other believes. And yet, neither can explain the strange pull between them. The more Eliera sees of Nyvara, the harder it becomes to believe she is the enemy she's been warned about. The more Nyvara learns about Eliera, the more she begins to question everything her family has ever told her. Then their magic does something impossible. Fire and Frost combine. Ancient magic awakens beneath the Academy, revealing fragments of a history that has been forgotten-or deliberately hidden. A history that suggests the feud between their families may have been built upon a lie. But if the truth has been buried for centuries, someone-or something-may have had a reason for keeping it hidden. As an ancient threat begins to awaken, Eliera and Nyvara are forced to choose between the hatred they inherited... and the feelings neither of them was ever supposed to have. Because sometimes the greatest magic isn't the kind that destroys. Sometimes it's the kind that brings two opposing forces together. Fire cannot exist without Frost. And perhaps... they were never meant to be enemies at all.