Sixteen-year old Kaj has to make a trade. A mysterious woman he has never seen before and will never see again offers to make it so that the Red Guard would ignore his friend Gerda while they drag her whole family away to exile. All Kaj has to do is surrender the warmth of his heart. Will Gerda stick with Kaj after he changes overnight for the worse? Can the Snow Queen's curse ever be broken? What would you give to keep someone you care about alive?