[Happy ending · psychic power · unhinged characters · a mix of sweetness and angst]
In the age of the Great Awakening, psychic powers were born from obsession. The most intense love could unleash world-destroying power, but it could also bring a backlash that gnawed at the soul.
Ling Jin, the youngest SS-rank dual-sequence officer in the Psychic Bureau, wielded the Void Ember Domain, a power that struck fear across the world. Cold, indifferent, and decisive in killing, she had only one lifelong obsession: Su Nian.
In the lightless laboratory of their childhood, Su Nian once gave her a piece of candy and said, “You’re not a monster.” Those words became the only glimmer of light that helped her survive six years of hell.
More than a decade later, they reunited when Ling Jin was near death. She recognized her light at a glance, and from then on wove a gentle web around her, setting an inescapable net in the name of protection.
She gave her the most indulgent affection, along with control that left no room to breathe. She was both her guardian and her executioner.
The world feared the ember that could burn everything to ash. Only I could soothe her soul when it teetered on the brink of losing control, and become the one light in her cage.
Escape was instinct. Surrender was fate.
From then on, let the ember be your cage and me your light. Let life be our promise, and living together our end.
(All characters in this story are adults.)
