Frost and Ember
Estella lay there long after he had gone, fury burning so deep in her chest that she thought she might spit blood.
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That very morning, Frostveil woke to uproar. One matter was on every tongue.
Adrian Lykas, the Alpha of Frostveil, the ice devil, the man who held women in contempt... had at last chosen a Luna, a Tethered One.
The news swept through the whole of the domain, hot as wildfire in a land that knew only frost. It passed from mouth to mouth, from market stalls to guardhouses, each telling harder to credit than the last. By the time it reached the outer villages, whole households were already disputing whether it could be true.