Kai's life has never been easy, and bleeding to death in the snow seems the perfect fated ending to his miserable existence... until a beautiful stranger drags him back from death's door with a touch that is pure magic. He starts to fall for him, but with every sliver of affection he gives Avery, his appreciation for his best friend Tristan gets stripped away to loathing, destroying every chance at love they might have had. When the ice prince enters their lives and binds Kai to him with fae magic, it seems like there's nothing anyone can do about it. But Tristan has his own powers, and he's determined to save Kai from Avery's deadly clutches. The only problem is... Kai might not want to be rescued. This is a loose M/M retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen." Please note that it contains emotional and physical abuse as well as knife/bloodplay.