The imperial temple is no place for the daughter of a lowly city gate officer.
She lives in the haunted Quiet Garden, where she accidentally overhears a shocking secret and rushes back to report it.
The moment she steps outside, a silver-masked demon grabs her by the throat.
When the Imperial Guard comes searching, she takes the blow meant for him.
In return, he gets her out of the temple. He says nothing, but he saves her life.
But escaping the temple is no salvation. A greater calamity awaits her.
Her father is attacked, her origins are a mystery, and the Thousand Worms inside her are stirring.
Reborn into this life, she has forgotten where she came from, forgotten her people, and even forgotten the man who could never let go of his obsession with her.
In this life, she will live as she pleases and be no one but herself.
