Tears of the Frost-Bloom
By @john1208
The story opens on a deathbed, the air heavy with regret. Tavron holds the frail hand of Freyris, the proud, prickly woman he spent years trying to destroy. Believing Freyris drove his sister to suicide, Tavron orchestrated a cruel web of lies. He hired mercenaries to attack her carriage, only to swoop in as her savior, slowly melting her icy exterior. Once she finally learned to trust him, he sprang his trap: humiliating her by announcing his political marriage to Jorvia, her greatest enemy. Freyris didn't weep or beg. She simply walked away. It was Tavron's double agent, Raldien, who uncovered the devastating truth. Freyris never harmed Tavron's sister; she had silently taken the blame to protect the girl’s legacy from Jorvia's blackmail. Worse was the twist nobody saw coming: Freyris was already dying. Afflicted by the incurable Frost-Bloom Rot, she had a strict one-year time limit to live. Told in alternating third-person perspectives between Freyris and Tavron, the story pivots from bitter vengeance to sweet, heartwarming redemption. Abandoning his false engagement, Tavron dedicates Freyris’s final months to desperate groveling, bringing her unbridled joy, and racing to find a miracle. Can he save the woman who sacrificed everything?
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