Beneath the Pearl Wall

To protect her younger brother, Lin Wan, an illegitimate daughter, is forced to take her legitimate elder sister’s place and enter the Eastern Palace as a servant. By day, she is the lowliest ink-washing maid in the Crown Prince’s study. By night, she is a spy who risks her life in the black market. “Your Highness wants me to investigate the bloody case, yet suspects I’m a spy. Why not just kill me?” The Crown Prince lifted her chin. “Your life belongs to me. If you want to die, first pay off your debt.” When the truth behind the blood feud tears the court apart, she strides across the palace steps with a sword in hand, flames blazing behind her. In this game of chess, she will go from pawn to player, paving her way with bones to protect the one person she wants to save.