Deep in the Miao borderlands, a valley lies shrouded in purple mist, where an ancient cage holds a forbidden secret. He is a boy raised on the nourishment of Gu worms. Silver bells chime softly at his ankles, while an obsessive, dark fire roils in his eyes.
When she strays into this mysterious place, she becomes the only prisoner who cannot escape the dream he has woven with Gu magic.
“A Heng, from the moment you took your first step in here, your life became mine.”
In a cage wrapped in vines, the boy smiles as he places a Gu worm on her wrist.
That dark-violet mark is both love and an eternal shackle.
