FLASH BACK

In the city of Redwood, winter had been long in coming, but when it finally arrived, it was not a gentle frosty season but rather a fierce and blustery affair.

Hail-like snowflakes pelted the streets, piling up in icy drifts that were as beautiful as they were dangerous.

Inside the Ashland Hospital, a young woman lay pale and frail in a ward bed, her breathing labored and her pulse weak.

Amelia Clifford was the daughter of a powerful and wealthy family, but even their money and ...