Zandra Chu and General Sexton Pei spent their first life despising each other, right up until he took arrows meant for her and begged to be free of her even in death. She threw herself off the city tower after him. When she opens her eyes again, she is back before the wedding.
Remembering his plea, Zandra petitions the throne to marry a Xiongnu prince in her younger sister's place, giving Sexton the clean break he asked for. He reads it as betrayal and humiliates her at every turn, never guessing what she is protecting him from. By the time he lifts her bridal veil, the mistake is already sealed.
