Even with power over the court, I cannot keep the people who love me safe. In battle, we live and die together; in peace, we stay by each other’s side without regret. A prince under pressure from the king and empress dowager and a devoted, pure-hearted shadow guard who longs for freedom protect one another. Their nephew gets caught in the middle, with his identity unclear and even his gender uncertain, drifting between carefree and conventional before finally breaking free of all restraints.
