The invitation
She has notes on your manuscript.
You have questions about her.
Your novel has survived thirty-one rejections. Now Adrienne Vale, the formidable founder of Marrow Street Books, has invited you to an after-hours meeting. Ninth floor. After seven. You have rehearsed this conversation all the way there.
She has read every word. She knows where you hid behind a sentence, where you lost your nerve, and which page you hoped she would understand. You came for an answer about your book. You did not expect to want answers about the woman holding it.
The Ice Queen Clause is a choice-driven sapphic visual novel about creative ambition, a guarded editor and the tension of being seen a little too clearly. Explore before you knock, make your case across her desk, and decide what kind of evening you want.
Your book is never the price of romance. Keep the meeting professional, take a slower path, or choose to explore the attraction. The next step belongs to you.
Inside the opening chapter
A little exploration.
A lot between the lines.
Take the long way to her door.
Browse the bookshelf in your apartment, look out over the city and make a few practice edits. Then check in with security, call the elevator and press nine.
Show her what you meant.
Choose your answers, defend the details that matter and try optional editing activities. Notice the pages, the pencil and the pauses that say more than either of you planned.
Choose where the evening leads.
The current demo build contains six endings, including a fully professional outcome. Follow the attraction, ask for more time or leave on your own terms—and return to discover another path.
Development status
The opening chapter is taking shape.
The playable demo is being refined for a public browser release. Its current build includes apartment exploration, the security and elevator arrival, optional editing activities, branching conversations, illustrated scenes and optional ambient sound.
The public demo has not launched yet. The play link and launch instructions will appear here when it is ready.
- Format
- Visual novel
- Planned platform
- Web browser
- Current demo
- Six endings
- Audience
- Adults 18+
Content notes: Mature language, suggestive content and professional power dynamics. Romantic choices are optional. Sound is optional too.
No public release date has been announced.
From the screen to the page
An accompanying novella by Aurora North.
The Ice Queen Clause will also have an accompanying novella by Aurora North. We’ll share publication details here as they are announced.
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