After losing her position with the King’s royal guard, Kessa has been conscripted as a scout in the humans’ war against the trollkin. While on a mission, she’s spotted by Zal’jan, a troll hunter protecting a fortress in the frigid north.

But when a game of cat-and-mouse results in both of them being trapped in a snow-covered valley together, they find they might just need each other to survive. Can they overcome the barriers of war and language to acknowledge their feelings and make it through the winter?