In Zarayah, seasons do not belong only to the land—they shape the people who are born within them.
Kera Nivara is nineteen, quiet, and overlooked, born of the Winter House during a season most believe brings endurance rather than favor. While other heirs are celebrated for their warmth, strength, or wisdom, winter-born youths are expected only to survive.
Magic in Zarayah is not claimed through power or ambition, but revealed through balance—between stillness and motion, memory and growth. As ancient rituals begin to stir once more, both young women and men of the royal Houses find their paths quietly shifting.
This is not a story of conquest or crowns won through blood.It is the story of youth shaped by season, of strength learned in silence, and of a winter that was never meant to be feared.
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This story, Her Season Was Winter, is an original work of fiction.
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