She Knows He's Seeking Redemption

As her poisoned dagger sank into the heart of Mu Chen, the benefactor who had once saved her, the lotus mark at the back of her neck burned like a brand. It hurt her as she tore out his heart, and wounded him to the bone. Their blood feud and growing feelings blazed into a wicked fire under the terms of their contract. The Dragon Seal revealed an even crueler truth: her life was the key to a heretical cult's plot to overthrow the world, while her death was the only bridge across the sea of blood between two nations!