A HEART OF FROST AND FLARE

A HEART OF FROST AND FLARETwenty years ago, the sky turned to silver and the world died of ice.Since the arrival of the Sky-Keep-the parasitic artificial moon that eclipses the sun-the earth has been a graveyard of permafrost. For Elara Frost-Born, survival is the only law. A scavenger in the brutal Ice Wastes, she carries a secret as dangerous as the blizzard: a heart of absolute zero that can freeze the moisture in a man’s lungs with a single touch.But when a hunt for a rare energy source leads her into the clutches of the enemy, Elara is brought face-to-face with the man who rules the dark.Kaelen the Flare is a living weapon. A Warlord whose blood runs with liquid starfire, he lives in a state of constant, touch-starved agony. His power is a runaway reactor; to touch another human is to incinerate them. He is the master of the heat, yet he is freezing on the inside, waiting for a meltdown that will turn his city to slag.Until he touches her.In a violent collision of fire and ice, Elara and Kaelen discover a forbidden truth: she is his only Anchor, and he is her only hearth. Bound by a Thermal Sync that bridges their minds and souls, they are forced into a volatile alliance to uncover the Sky-Keep’s darkest secret. The Moon isn’t a protector-it’s a parasite, siphoning the planet’s lifeblood to feed the elite while the world below starves.As the rebellion ignites and the Inquisitors close in, Elara and Kaelen must decide: will they remain prisoners of their own power, or will they become the circuit that sets the sky on fire?One will burn. One will freeze. Together, they are the only hope for the dawn.