A secluded young woman dreams a prophetic vision of spending her first night with a feared duke whose gaze alone is said to paralyze. Shunned by the household and barely allowed outside, she doubts the rumor because in her dream, he was gentle. As winter obeys his command and his blade speaks faster than words, his kindness toward her turns into fixation. All she wanted was freedom beyond the gates yet the lord of winter refuses to let her go.