Fugitive Night Court heir Sera hides among humans, forging a master-servant Thorn Bond with quiet college student Alec, their lives linked.Evading hunters, court intrigue and Livia's ancient Ice Abyss, they see the bond become an equal Shared-Life Vow. Alec sacrifices himself to seal the abyss; Sera spends a year chiseling through thousand-year ice to rescue him.The old pact fades into matching silver rings: no master, no servant, just two halves of one life.