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BEFORE THERE WERE KINGDOMS, before there were heroes, and before light ever touched the edges of creation, there was darkness. Not the darkness that hides in corners or the shadows that follow the hearts of men, but something far older ━ something born alongside existence itself. The First Shadow was the original essence of darkness, the first corruption to enter the world, and the source from which all shadows, fears, and evils would eventually emerge. For centuries, its return has been written within ancient texts, whispered through forgotten legends, and protected by those who believed that one day, two souls would rise to stand against it.

They are known as The Bound.

A prophecy older than time speaks of two souls who are connected beyond life, beyond fate, and beyond the boundaries of worlds. They are not chosen because they seek power or because they desire greatness, but because when darkness comes, they will be the ones willing to fight for the light. Together, they are destined to confront the First Shadow and restore balance between creation and destruction. Yet destiny does not always reveal itself as a gift. Sometimes, it arrives as a scar ━ as something carried silently until the moment comes when it can no longer be ignored.

Teresa Locksley has spent her entire life feeling like a piece of a story that was never meant to include her. Abandoned by her birth mother at a young age, Teresa grew up carrying questions she never had answers to, wondering why she was left behind and whether there was something about her that made her impossible to love. Eventually, she found a family in the Locksleys, who gave her the one thing she had always wanted: a place to belong. But hidden beneath the life she built was a secret she never understood ━ an ancient magic that lived within her blood.

Inherited from her birth mother, Teresa possesses the ability to command ice and snow, a power that is both beautiful and terrifying. For years, she hides it, afraid of what it means and what others would see if they discovered the truth. But when tragedy strikes and a violent robbery leaves her adoptive mother injured and her unborn younger sibling's life hanging in the balance, Teresa realizes she can no longer run from what she was born to become. Grief becomes her strength, fear becomes her resolve, and from the frozen depths of her pain, Frostbite is born.

A vigilante who protects those who cannot protect themselves, Teresa becomes a symbol of hope hidden beneath the cold. Yet even as she fights the battles in front of her, she has always carried the memory of someone she has never met. Every night for as long as she can remember, Teresa dreams of a boy she has never seen in the waking world ━ a boy whose presence feels like a memory from a life she never lived, a boy whose story feels connected to hers in a way she cannot explain. She does not know his name, she does not know his purpose, but somehow, impossibly, he feels like home.

That boy is Henry Mills.

Born from magic and intertwined with prophecy itself, Henry has always known there was something waiting for him beyond the ordinary world. He has spent his life searching for answers, believing that every story has a purpose and that every person has a role they were meant to play. But there is one mystery he has never been able to solve. Every night, he dreams of a girl surrounded by ice and snow and starlight ━ a girl he has never met, yet someone who feels as familiar as a memory. A girl who appears in his dreams just as often as he appears in hers.

Neither Teresa nor Henry understands why they are connected. Neither knows that their dreams are fragments of a bond created before they ever existed. Before their first breaths, before their first steps, and before their paths ever crossed, their souls were already intertwined by a prophecy written at the beginning of time.

Then Henry Mills moves to Queens.

A new city. A new school. A new beginning. And for the first time, the dreams that have followed them both for years become reality. When Teresa Locksley meets Henry Mills, two worlds that have been searching for each other finally collide. What begins as an impossible familiarity slowly transforms into something deeper ━ a connection that defies explanation, a love that feels written into the universe itself.

But their bond comes with a warning.

The First Shadow is returning. The darkness that created all darkness is awakening, and it will stop at nothing to erase the light that threatens it. As Teresa and Henry uncover the truth behind The Bound, they must learn that their destiny is not about being perfect, fearless, or invincible. It is about choosing each other, choosing hope, and choosing to fight even when the darkness promises they cannot win.

Because some souls are not meant to find each other by chance. Some souls are bound across lifetimes, across worlds, and across time itself. And when the shadows rise, the two who were destined from the beginning will finally answer the call ━ not because fate demanded it, but because they choose to stand together.

　
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S T A R R I N G

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Britt Robertson as
TERESA LOCKSLEY / FROSTBITE
THE VIGILANTE OF ICE & THE BOUND

Jared Gilmore as
HENRY MILLS / ORACLE
THE KEEPER OF STORIES & THE BOUND

Adelaide Kane as
ASTRID TURNER / NIGHT TERROR
THE MONSTER WHO BECAME A HERO

Christian Serratos as
PATRICIA "TRISHA" HERRERA / CHIMERA
THE WOMAN OF MANY FORMS

with . . .

Stephen Amell, Clint Barton / Pedro Pascal, Tony Stark / Annet Mahendru, Natasha Romanoff / Hugh Dancy, Bruce Banner / Alba Flores, Wanda Maximoff / Jesus Castro, Pietro Maximoff / The Multiversal Accounts cast, Their Respective Characters / Marvel cast, Their Respective Characters

THE MULTIVERSAL ACCOUNTS
( written by kelly, andrea & liz. )

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BOOK I. THE MOON NEVER LEAVES
iron man ━ endgame ━ ?
trisha herrera ( oc ) × tony stark

BOOK II. GALLOWS HUMOUR
the winter soldier ━ endgame ━ ?
astrid turner ( oc ) × peter parker

BOOK III. FROSTBITE
pre-civil war ━ endgame ━ ?
teresa locksley ( oc ) × henry mills ( oc )

　
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D I S C L A I M E R
I do not own or take credit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All rights respectfully belong to the writers and creators. I do, however, take credit for all the original content found within this book, from the characters, subplots, and dialogue. This story is also part of a series which means characters from other The Multiversal Accounts books may appear or be mentioned. The playlist for this book can be listened to on Spotify via pepperronys. The layout was inspired by dunbonnet.

The characters Trisha Herrera and Astrid Turner respectfully belong to dunbonnet pseudonym-lux with whom this book and the entire series are in collaboration with. Their characters will be heavily featured throughout my books, and the same goes for my characters in theirs books. We have co-written dialogue, planned new subplots together, and created our own lore for this series, so of course Andrea and Liz co-own any and all ideas that we have come up with. Please do not steal any of our original ideas and dialogue, as plagiarism is not only illegal but incredibly hurtful.

W A R N I N G S
This story will contain the following content, some of which may be uncomfortable for certain readers: violence, blood, death, torture, suicidal themes, ptsd, vulgar language, and sexual content. All chapters will be marked, which will allow you to avoid any triggering topics. Please proceed with caution. You have been warned.

D E D I C A T I O N S
dunbonnet maliraology mithranidel indirys pseudonym-lux void-daniella KookieANDLeo starfragment nightwvngs samwnchesters latte-to-go xonceuponatimex justanillusion liminal_faces dash-of-clarity and dprandall21. Thank you all so much for continuing to support me throughout the years! And thank you, reader, for giving this story a chance. I hope you all enjoy reading!

A U T H O R　N O T E
This is the first book in the Multiversal Accounts of the Lives of Ones Astrid Turner, Patricia Stackhouse and Teresa Holmes series. I know that name is a mouthful, we just call it the Multiversal Accounts. As implied by the name, this is a multiverse book as well as a collab with the lovely Andrea and Liz. While their characters of Trisha Stackhouse and Astrid Turner will appear in this fic (as will Teresa in their fics), there will also be other books about these three but in different fandoms! Each fandom will keep the core of each character while also adjusting them to fit into the fandom, which has been a really fun challenge.

Next on our list to publish is Black Clover, but we also have AU's of the original fandoms Trisha and Teresa appear in (True Blood and OUAT respectively), other Marvel universes, some DC universes, as well as other animes, shows like Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries and Stranger Things, and movies like the Underworld Franchise, The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. In total we [currently] have about forty different fandoms planned which we will write as we see fit.