Xia Zhao's parents are dead, but the power of her bloodline is immense. To protect her family in a chaotic age, she willingly allows herself to be molded into a human weapon.
Branded a witch, she becomes a blade of imperial power, only to be betrayed by her fiancé, abandoned by her kin, and killed in a public execution.
Not one of the people she fought so hard to protect in life comes to her aid before she dies.
Only the hawkish guard she had abused time and again breaks free of his shackles and gives his life for his master.
Reborn, Xia Zhao will never again wield the sword in her hand for someone else.
She cuts through the shackles of her clan, tears apart the mystery before her, and returns the slayer's end to the king she once served.
Gu Mu believes that he and Xia Zhao grew up together and share a deep bond.
She stops wars with her blood and has few desires, so he heals her body and offers her his love.
She is obsessed with martial arts and has no interest in politics, so he studies the board, moves the pieces, and paves the way ahead for her.
They are made for each other, destined to be together for all eternity.
But when she finally follows the path she planned for herself, on the very eve of their wedding, she gives him the corpses of his entire family and crushes his pride.
Her sword pierces his abdomen, and her cherry-red lips whisper in his ear like a lover's sweet nothings.
"Gu Mu," she says with a soft laugh.
"When you killed me, did you enjoy it just as much?"
As the witch Xia Zhao's most capable hawkish guard, Shi Xuanjing has long since grown numb to his senses and emotions.
Yet for some reason, his young master has lately been making it... hard for him to keep his composure.
If her hands roaming over him are just an inspection of her weapon, then why does she keep pressing her lips to his?
Watching the man, usually as silent as a blade, now trembling from head to toe, his eyes reddened, Xia Zhao licks her lips with interest.
"I'm repaying a debt."
A blunt, flirtatious young master who is a born killer but knows nothing about love x a seemingly restrained yet secretly insecure and possessive loyal dog
Content warnings: 1. This story includes male suffering and BDSM elements.
2. The female lead kills people.
Theme: Love yourself before loving others.
