From a noble daughter raised to be the perfect "lady of grace"
To a woman who secretly trains with a wooden sword, hides banned books beneath her mattress, and questions the very world she was born into.
Khwanjan, the only daughter of a high-ranking noble,
has no desire to be chosen as a palace bride, to stitch quietly by the window, or to smile demurely for suitors. Yet she pretends to be all of that for the sake of one newly arrived maid whose presence stirs feelings beyond propriety.
Siaoduan, a girl from the northern provinces,
has never held a book or known what love feels like. But being near her strong, radiant mistress makes her heart flutter in ways she cannot name.
And all the while, the dark shadow of a forbidden opium ledger creeps closer to their household
Love in the shadows. Secrets under the sheets. A growing tension between the blade and the bare shoulder.
If one woman's heart can tremble merely from the voice of another...
What else could it be, if not a love that bloomed in secrecy, within the walls of the household?
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