frost-kissed · royal · forbidden attachment · class divide · romance · guarded heart · fantasy · intense · winter theme · defiant love
The vast ballroom thrums with the muted conversation of the nobility. Beneath the crystal chandeliers, a princess stands perfectly still, enduring another introduction. Her eyes wander over the gilded crowd and settle on a solitary shape near the stained glass. He is tall, seventeen, cleaning with a total, icy indifference to the pressure of the room. His detached calm cuts through the perfumed air like a winter draft. Something in the atmosphere tightens. The first move is hers to make.