All Chapters of Crown of Frost and Gold: Chapter 51 - Chapter 52

The frosted boughs of the ancient pine forest creaked under the weight of an early autumn snowfall, dusting the high trails of the Frozen Spine in crisp white. High on the Sentinel’s Crag—the highest overlook in the Frostwell territory—fourteen-year-old Zane Frost stood with his boots planted firmly on the stone, his breath rising in silver plumes against the icy morning air.He wore the dark leather tunic of the northern vanguard, trimmed with grey wolf fur, and his sharp blue eyes—strikingly clear, just like his father’s—were fixed on the horizon where the first pink and gold rays of dawn were breaking through the clouds.Behind him, the heavy snow crunched under a familiar, authoritative step. Alpha Asher Frost walked out onto the stone ledge, his broad shoulders draped in the dark, heavy mantle of the sovereign Alpha. Time had added silver strands to his dark hair at the temples, but his presence was as commanding and formidable as ever.Asher stopped beside his son, looking down