The words she said to him most often in this life were: I'm useful.
On a silent, deserted night, she saw the ambition in his eyes, stripped of all pretense. Like an unfathomable abyss, they were filled with a burning, voracious hunger for power.
[Note: This is the final installment of the Ashes of Incense trilogy. It's extremely angsty. The male lead is not a virgin and doesn't act like a decent person. The ending is tragic.]
Theme: Flowers bloom among the thorns
