She is sweet, soft, and harmless: the cutest baker on the block, and the supreme commander feared by both humans and beasts.
He is gentle and refined: the "bookish beauty" of the mysterious bookstore at the end of the alley, and an inescapable twist of fate in her life.
Through one bewildering assassination attempt after another, she is betrayed, gravely wounded, and forced to flee. As silver poison eats into her bones, she always catches the cool scent of cedar and book pages just as he pushes open the door.
He says, "My name is Cheng Mo. I just run a bookstore."
But he takes on three opponents as casually as if strolling through a garden. He knows all her baking habits, even the communicator she hides in the compartment beneath her oven...
More terrifying still:
Her vulnerable period comes early, and she turns into a silver fox cub curled up on the floor. The lock hasn't moved, but there's a faint sound from the balcony. He holds her close and whispers, "Don't be afraid."
He is the one who saves her, and the most dangerous mystery of all.
When the mole's conspiracy within the Enforcement Bureau is torn apart, and the founder's painstaking plans are "ruined" by her own hand, she finally smiles and asks:
"Instructor, how much longer do you intend to have this 'decoy' play her part in your game?"
His tenderness is a disguise, his identity a mystery, and her growing feelings part of a scheme.
But she intends to tear through this perfect disguise and turn the hunter into the hunted.
A battle of wits between two formidable leads, sweetness and angst intertwined, a fake teacher-student relationship, and two true power players hunting each other. Welcome to the game.
