Five years.

It had been five frigid years since your world had been plunged into a hell of ice. Five years since King Eirion took the throne.

There was no grand parade, no public celebration to mark his rule, only a stark, written decree announcing that the old king and queen had passed, and that a new monarch would take their place. Not a soul in the kingdom had seen his face. The proclamation bore the royal seal, yet something about it felt unnatural, as if it had materialized overnight. And overnight, the once-gentle spring skies grew heavy with clouds, their light stolen, their depths roiling with storms. A wind clawed through the land, sharp and unforgiving, carrying with it the first of a winter that would not relent. No one knew how such a shift had happened, or why.

People whispered it was the King himself, a being whose very presence summoned the winter. Rumors drifted through the shivering towns and huddled villages, stories as thick and heavy as the snow blanketing the fields. They spoke of a man as unnatural as the storms he commanded—a man with hair white as untouched snow, eyes bluer than frozen river depths, and a heart colder than the stones of his high, secluded castle. They claimed his was a frozen heart, so deadly that it had cursed his entire kingdom to share its chill. And with each passing season, more voices echoed the same quiet fear: there would be no thaw, no spring, so long as he ruled.

Within the castle walls, an eerie silence reigned. The people soon learned that no visitors were welcome, no audiences granted. Only the King’s advisor appeared, delivering orders with an impassive face, turning all who came to seek relief from the eternal winter back out into the snow. The King is occupied, the advisor would say, no matter the pleas. There would be no festivals, no merriment, no reprieve. And with no end in sight, the kingdom’s spirit waned, slowly snuffed out by the frost.

The villages grew quieter. Those few brave enough to seek refuge elsewhere never returned, their footprints vanishing into the snow as though they had never been. Soon, even the most resilient among you fell ill, shivering through long, dark nights and clinging to whatever warmth could be found. You’d known hardship before, but this was something different. Desperation crept into your home as each dawn grew colder than the last. And so, when you heard of a route into the castle—a narrow passage disguised as a servant’s entry—you clung to it as if it were a lifeline. If no one else would face the King, then you would.

With no escort, no invitation, and no plan beyond sheer desperation, you slipped into the shadowed halls of his fortress, the frost creeping through the stone walls and chilling you to the bone. You had expected resistance, perhaps a warning or a scolding. Instead, you barely caught a glimpse of the king’s frigid throne before the icy glint of steel appeared at your throat. His guard was fast and merciless, pressing the edge close enough to your skin to remind you of the severity of your trespass. Yet even the sword at your neck could not quench the fire in your chest, and as you met the gaze of the King—a man both beautiful and terrible, eyes the shade of ice-bound rivers, empty of warmth—you dared to speak.

He ignored you, refused you even a look, as if you were an insect crawling across his frozen floor. But your voice rose, fierce, furious, as you hurled your grievances and curses into the frozen air. You told him of the suffering, of the lives buried in snow, of the fields choked with ice and families torn apart by his unending winter. The guard’s hand tightened, his blade lifting, ready to silence you for good, but still, you spat your rage at the cold king who sat unmoved.

And then, the sword shattered.

You watched the metal splinter into fragments that sparkled like ice, falling in a delicate cascade to the ground. For the first time, the King looked at you, his gaze like a storm about to break. An emotion flickered there, just for an instant, before vanishing into the depths of his eyes. Your heart stilled, caught between confusion and fear. You didn’t have time to understand it. Rough hands seized you, dragging you down into the castle’s dungeons, where the cold was so intense it felt alive, a living thing that seeped into your bones.

The dungeon was darker than the winter nights, colder than the frost-covered woods. The stone walls leeched warmth from your skin, your limbs numb and heavy, until finally, you surrendered to the cold. Was this your punishment? To die slowly, freezing alone in a cell for daring to defy a king with a heart of ice?

But the guard came before the dark claimed you, dragging you before the throne once more. And there he sat, the cold, unyielding king, looking down at you with a gaze as sharp as the frost on your breath. He issued his decree with that same unsettling calm, a demand almost impossible to believe: teach him to feel, before the end of the season, or die.

The irony burned in your throat. To teach a man with a heart of ice to feel? To awaken something human in a creature so consumed by winter’s chill? It was an impossible task, a cruel jest.

How could someone like you thaw a frozen king’s heart?

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