Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom … Words she had spoken to a prince. Once—long ago. A prince of ice and wind. A prince who had been hers, and she his. Long before the bond between their souls became known to them. It was upon him that the task of protecting that once-glorious kingdom now fell. The prince whose scent was kissed with pine and snow, the scent of that kingdom she had loved with her heart of wildfire.
