Snow & Ink

Sentenced to death for the crime of sadistically killing his entire village, Neneo is all but ready to accept his unfortunate fate when he is mysteriously bought and saved by the wealthy heiress Freya. Emotionless and numb to the world, Freya is also an outcast, hiding deep wounds of her own. Unfazed by the tales of Neneo’s crimes, she enlists him to accompany her in her exile to the far north. As this unlikely pair, both shunned by a cold world, venture together into the deep snow, they begin to find warmth in each other. But the past won’t let itself be so easily forgotten…

Disgraced former heiress Freya saved Neneo from execution for mass murder out of spite, hoping he would go on another terrible rampage. Instead, he turned out to be a traumatized boy, teetering on the edge of despair. The two found solace in each others’ arms, but to keep going they need money—and the only way to make it is to work for Freya’s former fiance, who insists they go on a research trip to Neneo’s remote village, the site of so much death…

Word has come that Freya’s half-sister Anna, who displaced her as head of the family business, is getting married. To make a clean break with the past and move forward, Freya feels compelled to return to the home that rejected and shunned her, but she can’t do it alone. To avoid causing a scandal and making life harder for Freya, Neneo decides to pretend to be her slave while at the manor, even going so far as to take drugs to lose his voice so as not to ruin the ruse. But, even if temporarily, can Freya bring herself to treat the man she loves this way?

In order to eventually move on with her new life, Freya has returned home to the place where it all went wrong, except this time she has Neneo by her side. Surrounded on all sides by people with ulterior motives, they can only trust in each other. Though they’ve braced themselves for the worst, it’s hard for either of them to turn a blind eye to each other’s suffering amongst so much blatant hostility, yet their ruse demands they must. However, sometimes even the smallest of doubts can cause huge rifts when under so much pressure.With old and new enemies around every corner, can Freya and Neneo weather the storm?

The long night is not yet over as the ball in Anna’s honor continues. Freya is distraught over her fight with Neneo and panicking at her inability to locate him, unaware that Anna’s ambitious new fiancé Dred Nought is holding him captive for a not-quite-so-friendly chat. Luckily, Freya finds a new ally in Olga Larson, whose family company is also under threat from Dred. However, Dred’s ambitions know no bounds, and he’ll do anything to push his ideas through, including forcing Neneo into a dangerous act. Will Freya be able to protect both herself and the man she loves?

Anna’s fiancé, Dred Nought, takes Neneo under his wing at the factory, suggesting Neneo establish himself in the underworld rather than live out his days as a pariah. Freya, on the other hand, has fully renounced her inheritance of the Gibson estate, finally breaking free from those trying to prop her up as a successor. Freya and Neneo endure their separation by dreaming of being reunited once their problems have been solved, but the factory is about to receive some ominous news…