Summary
Xiao Huai is sent to kill Shen Du, the Fourth Prince and the empire’s feared God of War. Instead, one look at the wounded prince leaves the assassin ready to throw away his mission—and his life. Shen Du knows exactly how to use that devotion. He plays helpless while Xiao Huai tends his wounds, unaware that the prince is drawing him into a dangerous struggle against Night Tower and the court. When deception gives way to real feeling, the two must survive a death warrant, a battle for the frontier, and chaos in the capital before Xiao Huai can claim the husband he keeps calling his wife.