“To save Oakhaven from a siege, the queen gives her warmth to the mountain. Her commander refuses to let her freeze alone.”
Three hundred years before Irene de la Torre crossed the viaduct of the Seven Eyes, the Duke of Valtierra besieges Oakhaven with ten thousand men and demands a marriage of surrender from the young Queen Elenora. She chooses another way out: to climb the forbidden mountain by night, where a well of frost grants what it is asked and always takes a warm heart in payment. Lord Kieran of Valdelobos, her master-at-arms, goes with her, determined to pay in her place; a fourteen-year-old shepherd girl, Uxía, guides them as far as she dares. What happens on the summit will save the stronghold and leave it in winter for three centuries.
“Winter gives nothing away. Whoever asks for its shield gives up their warmth.”
“If I can't take the cold from you, at least you won't have to swallow it alone.”
“The queen had not asked for a relic, but for a thaw.”
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