As a young stag-shifter, all Pembroke dreams of is being harnessed to Santa’s sleigh. Yet his world comes crashing down when Santa is slain by the imposter Frost.<br><br>War erupts in the Arctic Circle, pitting elf against reindeer, and Pembroke is sent on a perilous mission. If he fails, his herd will be lost. When the mission goes awry, the stag-shifter must put his trust in an unlikely ally.<br><br>Where does one turn in a land of ice and blood? What happens when the enemy infiltrates your heart? What begins as a wavering alliance just might take Pembroke farther than he ever imagined.

Sugar Plum'd

The elf’s voice, unwavering as it whispered, “Trust me.”


Henri the fox yipped, satisfied as he trotted back into the hideaway. Slobbering on his newly begotten horn prize.


A clattering echoed from deep below the glacier.


The smoke drifted up and away, lashed against the sky no longer.


Rung by bolted rung, he descended the gullet of ice. Pembroke looked up towards the diminishing circle of sky. Even if he was to smash the elf’s fingers beneath his heel, there wasn’t enough space to transform and wink away. Past destinations blinked behind his eyes.


He would find a way to betray the elf as it had betrayed him.


The roving rendezvous point of the deer’s camp was lost.


Scattered among the endless latitudes and longitudes.


Chapter 21