Summary
After securing a civil-service post, Wen Yu takes on the case of Huo Zhi, the Empire’s fleet commander. His violent alter is plotting to imprison a civilian girl, and Huo Zhi orders her to destroy him. Success could earn Wen Yu the lifelong honor she needs to overcome the barriers of her birth. But the alter she names Samael knows far too much about her—and the woman she lost years ago. When treatment seems to succeed, Wen Yu discovers who the intended captive is. Behind one man’s cold restraint and another’s feverish obsession lies a past she has never escaped.