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Where the dead remember, and the living choose, love becomes the bridge between worlds. For four hundred years, Kurayami no Ō has ruled the realm of the dead-cursed, cold, and bound to a throne forged in grief. Mortals dare not cross into Yomi... until one does. Akari of Hirosaki, a shrine maiden of quiet strength, descends the mountain not to beg but to restore the balance between worlds. With only a lantern and a heart full of faith, she steps into the shadowed palace of a forgotten king and speaks his name without fear.

A peace treaty requires a marriage. She is the last legitimate heir of a collapsed empire's successor state — a trained Pact Archivist recalled before her certification was complete and positioned as a bloodline asset in a negotiation she was not consulted about. He is the general who helped force her country to the table, sent to the border keep because his absence from the capital is as useful to his superiors as his presence at the treaty. Six weeks of negotiation. A treaty that becomes something neither delegation planned.

In this lush epic fantasy, an empress yearning for freedom, a half fairy who has renounced humanity, and a clever spirit with his own agenda must save an empire on the brink of world-ending war. Yifan, fourth wife of a wicked emperor, is patiently plotting his demise. All the while, she’s...