Peach Blossom Promise

She is the famed Jinghong Sword of a prestigious clan, whose blade sends a chill across fourteen provinces, yet she is destined to marry a man she doesn't love, trading a marriage alliance for peace in the martial world.

He is a savage beast who fled the Medicine King Valley. His blood-fed bone blade can scorch the heavens and split the earth. He has always despised scheming and power plays, yet for her, he plunges into a hell of bloodshed.

That day, peach blossoms blazed outside the Miasma Forest.

Covered in blood, he fell into her territory like a dying lone wolf, his eyes still alight with wild fire and bone-deep hatred.

She touched his pressure points with her delicate fingers, as cool as snow. She saved him, even as she assessed this bloodstained weapon of destruction.

A peach-blossom hairpin carved from beast bone, and a promise: “When our blood feud is settled, I’ll retire from the world and stay by your side.” They were a sudden light in the darkness, and a calamity that would consume them both.