The Kingdom of Rong, a barren snow-covered land in the constant state of war, has no need for its youngest princess. Shuang learned from an early age that it was in her favor to be quietly invisible, though that didn''''t curb her wish to escape. When the son of the Duke--handsome, cunning, ruthless--takes a sudden interest in her, she begins to wonder whether she might not find love and freedom after all.