When the Lilies Bloom

When lilies bloom, love can be just as deadly as a blade.

This is a collection of stories about “her and her.”

They are mentor and student, sworn enemies, saviors and destroyers,

prisoners embracing amid the chaos of war, and the last companions at the end of the world.

The junior disciple sister, with a hint of innocence beneath her wickedness, says, “If the world hates you, then you can only rely on me.”

Apocalypse

The vaccine a scientist devoted her life to developing requires the heart of the Zombie King.

The other woman only smiles and cuts open her chest. “Take it. It’s been yours all along.”

ABO World

She disguises herself as a Beta and joins the army, but an enemy commander marks her during her heat.

On a battlefield filled with smoke, the Alpha crushes her scent patch. “Little liar, I smelled your snowy scent long ago.”

Republican Era

A famous actress from an opera troupe disguises herself as a man and wins the heart of a warlord’s fiancée.

On the night they elope, she sings beneath the city tower: “The Han army has swept across the land, and songs of Chu ring out on every side. Come with me. This is no play!”

More than a dozen stories, more than a dozen ways to bloom.

Some burn as fiercely as flames, while others are as resolute as ice,

but without exception, when lilies blossom, their thorns cut deepest.

Special warning:

“Don’t open this book lightly unless you’re ready to fall for their encounters and have your heart broken by their farewells.”