As tensions rise across the empire of Dernancourt, Lady Aislinn Ryeland walks a dangerous line between duty and deception. Raised as a noble and trained as a warrior, she secretly serves within the kingdom’s intelligence network.
Across the court, Prince Min-Joon from the House of Yi is a disciplined military leader preparing for a future defined by command, strategy and sacrifice. But as unrest spreads within the borders and beyond, his path becomes entangled with Aislinn’s in ways neither of them can control.
Whispers of espionage, assassination attempts and foreign influence reveal a darker truth: the king is already under threat.
As war looms and alliances fracture, Aislinn and Min-Joon are drawn into a conflict that will test their loyalty, their trust and their hearts. Because some betrayals do not break kingdoms.
They destroy them.
