In an age of raging wars and rising heroes, Fei Yangwu and his brothers were young men with great ambitions. They galloped across the battlefield, vowing to become heroes who would expand the borders of Great Jin.
On the day the city fell, the Jin army massacred the Li family to avenge Fei Yangwu's father. He rescued He Dongting from beneath their blades. She was the personal maid of the Li family's young master. When the captives were assigned as slaves upon their return to the city, he chose her from among them.
In his residence, she was the lowliest of slaves. Facing the young general, a decisive man who had survived countless battles, Dongting lived each day expecting to die. If she hadn't needed to protect her young master, she would have slit her own throat long ago.
In Fei Yangwu's eyes, she was like a defiant wild horse, constantly testing the young general's limits. He had only taken her in because she had served him on the journey back. One day, he would send her back to the Li family and let her and her master fend for themselves.
At last, that day arrived. He Dongting was free to leave...
