She is the capital's most notorious phantom of the night, blessed with peerless beauty and moving among countless powerful figures. She wields her body as a weapon and treats theft as a game. Everyone says she belongs to any man who wants her and is as cunning as a fox, never realizing that every betrayal and deception is a carefully plotted act of revenge against fate.
He is a cold-faced prince famed for his military exploits, yet weary of political infighting. He had meant to take life as it came, but the moment she stole his family's heirloom jade pendant, he saw the despair and resilience hidden beneath her playful smile. He willingly steps into her game, playing out a grand political drama where pretense turns to genuine feeling.
As layer upon layer of truth is revealed, the ultimate secret she has devoted everything to protecting turns out to be bound up with him... Can a love that began with lies be forged into something true amid fire and blood?
