For seven years, Ione sacrificed her blood to purge the Frost Curse from the Lynx King Viktor's veins. The day the curse is lifted, Viktor intends to wed Layla—the woman who abandoned him to die. He speaks of it in a tongue he believes Ione cannot understand, yet she catches every word. Heartbroken, she strides out into the snow. Little do they know the servant they dismissed as worthless wields the power of a White Witch.
