Sequel to Daggers of Ice. It was little more than an inkling he felt, that something was not right. Her eyes were too green, too beautiful, and when he looked into them there were no other thoughts in his mind. And then there was the other one. She did not have a scaled emerald tail like the other witch; no, she had wings of sapphire and eyes of sky blue. Rilian never had a chance.

She would stop at nothing to free her father. She would not see him enslaved to the hideous beast who would see them all dead, or as playthings to his subjects. She would venture to the icy lands of his kingdom; and she would see the beast's blood run down he edge of her blade...A beast...a merchant...his daughter and a rose...Nothing is what it seems...