Yuna’s Winter Contract

Yuna had one hand on the folded paper tied to her wrist when the royal deck filled with fire and bad luck. She was the only witch in a kingdom that trusted flame and treated ice like a mistake, and her hard-won magic had been built in secret, without a school or guide. That made her useful when the ancient seal burst open and a curse crawled across the flagship in front of everyone. It also made her easy to blame when the academy tried to take her rank and when the people she had once left behind looked at her like a stranger. The worst part was that she knew river creature custom well enough to save the talks, but she still did not know how to let anyone stay close. The coat on her shoulder...