Slow Descent Into Intimacy
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In Yan, duty is a blade, and Zuo Le has spent his life trying not to bleed on it.
Daisha Ruoxi was born gilded: heir to a noble house whose wealth flows in paint and poison, promised to a life of arranged elegance. She prefers the ruin instead, late nights, broken rules, the taste of rebellion on her tongue.
When the Regulators assign Zuo Le to “keep the Ruoxi heir in line,” the order sounds simple. It never is.
They grew up sparring in the same courtyards, her laughter a blade at his throat, his silence a shield she couldn’t quite dent. Now, years later, her flirtations cut sharper than any weapon, and his restraint frays one measured breath at a time.He tells himself he’s only protecting her from scandal. She tells herself she’s only teasing.
The truth lies somewhere between duty and want, and neither of them has ever been trained for mercy.