Lin Wangshu never imagined that a lake-blue stone her grandmother left behind on her deathbed would lead her to an old debt, buried for years by the shores of Lake Namtso in northern Tibet.
She only wanted to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish and find out why a woman named Yangjin Zhuoma had been branded a “betrayer of the Sacred Lake” and driven away from home years ago. But the moment Lin stepped onto the shore, the blue waters, dormant for years, suddenly blazed with light. Suolang Gesang, young lord of the Cuoyang tribe, was convinced she was the long-awaited returnee foretold by the Sacred Lake, as well as the bride destined for him. He forced her to stay; she did everything she could to escape. He believed the Sacred Lake had sent him the fated lover he could never escape. But as the truth slowly came to light, he finally understood:
The Sacred Lake had not sent him a bride. It had sent the debt his family had avoided for generations. When the past of their ancestors resurfaced and the lies behind the oracle were laid bare, Lin Wangshu finally understood: fate was never meant to make people submit to it, but to give those who came after a chance to rewrite a tragedy. And Suolang Gesang finally learned that love was not possession. It was setting her free and still being willing to wait for her to return of her own accord.
Disclaimer: This is a fictional romance novel. Its characters, tribes, lake rituals, oracle system, and other elements are entirely fictional and do not represent real religious practices, ethnic customs, or historical events.
