The day Gu Jue first met Fu Heng, the snow fell heavily.
Just as it had on the day he left.
Many years earlier, the Prince of Yu had brought Gu Jue from a bandit's den to his manor, where he first discovered what it felt like to have a home. He resolved to follow the prince's example and become the most trusted man at his side on the battlefield. But what he had thought was a gift of fate turned out to be nothing but an elaborate deception.
Political machinations, blood feuds among those closest to him: they all came crashing down around him. Heartbroken, he drifted through a web of schemes, unable to suppress the feelings growing wildly in his heart. By the time he held the world in his grasp, he had become a merciless monster.
Looking down upon the one he loved from the Yellow Springs, he realized he had never won at all.
“An armistice? Fine.”
The man upon the throne tore the peace proposal brought by the envoy to shreds.
“Give me the Prince of Yu in exchange.”
Gu Jue & Fu Heng (a younger, obsessive top who seems gentle but is secretly ruthless & a gentle, resilient, beautiful but tragic bottom)
A top-centric story. Everyone is a schemer, with a serious, intricate plot. The top has been deranged since childhood. Enter with caution: this story has a bad ending.
