One Winter for Two 2

Every year, down a high snow slope into the Valley of Exiles come conquerors—cruel, mysterious kints with amber-colored eyes. Woe to the one who doesn’t have time to hide from them in the Abode of Sleep for a hundred long days. That winter, luck turned away from the young Kim. He found her. He caught her, took her by force, put a slave collar on her, and made her his. She should have hated him—but instead her heart freezes when he is near. And even the very thought of parting brings pain.