Sun awakens in the palace courtyard years before his previous execution, retaining every detail of the bloody betrayal that ended his former existence. He swears an oath of vengeance against Crown Prince Liu Che, the enigmatic royal whose cruel ambition originally paved Sun's road to the scaffold.
As Sun maneuvers through court intrigues to dismantle Liu Che's faction from within, he realizes the prince anticipates his every stratagem with alarming familiarity. Trapped in a volatile dance of suspicion and forbidden mutual craving, Sun must choose between fulfilling his vendetta or yielding to a toxic devotion.
