Caelan has spent eleven months searching for a woman everyone insists does not exist. A bargain with the ruthless Morvara gives him one year to find her. Fail, and the cursed prince must surrender to a marriage that could bind his kingdom to a future he despises. With only a month left, exhausted and trapped in the body of a great white bear, Caelan refuses to stop looking. Then he finds Elara. She does not know why a prince has crossed mountains for her, why strange winds seem to answer her fear, or why powerful enemies care whether she remains hidden. She only knows Caelan's arrival shatters the boundaries of her ordinary life. Their journey quickly becomes a race through frozen passes, dangerous courts, trolls, enchanted creatures, and old magic. Elara's gifts emerge in pieces, each revelation making her more powerful and more vulnerable. Caelan needs her to break the bargain controlling his future, but the more he comes to care for her, the less willing he is to treat her as the solution to his curse. Elara must decide whether the destiny others have built around her has any claim on the woman she wants to become. Morvara is still waiting for Caelan to fail, and she has no intention of losing quietly. As time runs out, love and obligation pull in different directions, while Elara's connection to the winds reveals that finding her was only the beginning. Caelan set out to save himself from a vow. He may have found the one person capable of changing the fate of everyone caught inside it.
Caelan has spent eleven months searching for a woman everyone insists does not exist. A bargain with the ruthless Morvara gives him one year to find her. Fail, and the cursed prince must surrender to a marriage that could bind his kingdom to a future he despises. With only a month left, exhausted...