This is a couple who are personal favorites of mine. Though their love seems a bit unnatural and they are most definitely star-crossed, I love these two. Must be the romantic girl in me, who wants the sort of uncaring bad boy to soften and fall in love too. I mean, what’s more romantic than someone coming to love you so much that they are willing to sacrifice immortality? *swoon*
Vasilisa and Morozko is a 12 oz., white coconut soy candle with blue opalescent glitter and a crackling wooden wick. The candle sniffs of pine, toasted chestnut, and a touch of cool mint to conjure up a frost demon’s snow outside the glowing windows of the cabin in the pine grove.
“He picked her up and sank onto the warm oven-bench with her in his arms. He was gentle. His breath was the winter wind, but his flesh was warm, and his heart beat under her hand.”
- Katherine Arden