M_L_NOX
On the frozen planet of Skjaldmor, blood is the only currency of any value.
Elowen is the Jewel of Ethelgard. As the younger princess, isolated from the world, she is the sole guarantor of the royal bloodline. Her life is nothing more than a silent vigil behind the palace's granite walls, sheltered by the constant shadow of her bodyguard, Siegfried.
Siegfried is a weapon. Fair-haired, cold, and possessing a beauty as sharp as his blade, he bears forbidden runes upon his ribs that grant him superhuman strength. Since the princess was ten years old, he has been her shield, her confidant... and the man she is forbidden to love.
But as the monsters of the mists claw at the kingdom's gates, treachery takes root at the heart of the throne. Sigrid, the eldest sister and High Priestess, manipulates the omens. To preserve her power, she decrees that an ultimate sacrifice is required: the life of the King.
Caught between the plots of a bloodthirsty sister and the nightmarish creatures lurking in the blizzard, Siegfried is bound by a single oath: to snatch his "Jewel" from the jaws of death, even if he must burn the entire kingdom to the ground to do it.