Unwrapping Noel: The First Snowflake

In the year 2100, hope is as rare as a real snowflake.
​In the neon-drenched, cynical streets of Neo-Aethelgard, eighteen-year-old Noel is a ghost among the living. To the students at Aethelgard Academy, he is a punching bag-the "Christmas Boy" who clings to the fairy tales of a dead civilization. He's small, quiet, and carries a secret history that his bullies are determined to tear out of him.
​He has two reasons to keep going: his sister, Noelle, and a girl named Rhosyn.
​Rhosyn is the Academy's unreachable star-beautiful, kind, and light-years out of Noel's league. He's content to love her from the shadows, knowing a boy like him could never stand beside a girl like her. He's spent his whole life trying to stay invisible, protecting the small spark of warmth left in his chest.
​But the world is growing colder.
​When a sudden tragedy strikes the Academy, the time for hiding is over. Everyone thinks they've already seen the worst of Noel. They think they've unwrapped every layer of the broken boy at the back of the class.
​They're wrong.
​When the first snowflake falls over the city of iron, the boy they bullied will be gone. And in his place, something ancient, powerful, and red is about to wake up.
​Some gifts are better left unopened.