Ice Heart

To cross the forest is to court death. Everyone knows this.

Living under the iron rule of her bitter father, Aeva's world is a cruel, gray place. Her only light is her younger sister, whom she vows to protect at all costs. At the end of her patience, Aeva comes to a fork in the road-straight past the deadly forest ruled by the infamous Lich King-Aeva sees not a death sentence, but a chance. A chance to escape, to earn a future, and maybe, just maybe, to steal a little freedom.

But the forest is not empty.
And the Lich King is watching.

Felric is ancient and utterly alone-until a bold village girl distracts him with a tale too clever to ignore. What begins as a dangerous bargain soon becomes a series of stolen moments, sharp banter, and something neither of them expected: longing.

As the seasons turn, war games rage, and darker powers stir beneath the soil, Aeva's journey home becomes more treacherous than her journey out. When betrayal strikes from within her own walls, it is Felric who must defy death itself to save her. But saving her means changing her-forever.