Shadows of Desire

A heroine once abandoned by her family and the male lead rises to become a general. She takes him by force, only for him to fall for her—just as she chooses to let go. The story centers on love, and on how both leads grow, reflect, and ultimately move toward each other.

“New Year’s Eve in the capital. The curfew lifted, the night still unbroken. Yizhou lay in ruins with tens of thousands dead. I returned with only a few survivors as snow fell. Zhang Xingjian handed me hot wine and said I had suffered enough.”

“I had never spoken kindly to him. My sister was his fiancée—they were a perfect match.”

“Then he was imprisoned, and my sister married another. When I heard, I raced back like someone possessed.”

“I wasn’t there to save him. I was there to strike when he was weakest.”

“He was my moon. And I wanted the moon to fall.”