A secret pregnancy. A city built on a Sacred Beast. And a royal family eager to turn love into conquest.
Paprika’s return to the Triune Empire with Krimson at her side should have been a homecoming. Instead, it becomes a political opportunity her family is determined to seize. With Bestia’s future ruler and Gaia’s crown prince now standing beside an imperial princess, the royal family sees the chance to bind kingdoms together through marriage, and they have no intention of letting Paprika’s heart remain her own.
But the danger facing the empire runs deeper than court intrigue.
At the heart of the capital lies a living dungeon bound to an ancient Sacred Beast, a power woven into the empire’s survival itself. If that force falls out of balance, the Triune Empire could be swallowed by catastrophe. Yet this is not a burden Krimson can simply cut down or overpower. To save the capital, someone must prove worthy to inherit the crown tied to that power... and the fate of the empire along with it.
As Paprika struggles to separate her true feelings from her family’s ambitions, another mystery begins to stir within Krimson’s household, one far more personal than politics and just as life-changing.
In the Triune Empire, love is leverage, crowns are burdens, and the price of choosing your own future may be higher than any of them are ready to pay.
Genre: Thriller
Paprika’s return to the Triune Empire with Krimson at her side should have been a homecoming. Instead, it becomes a political opportunity her family is determined to seize. With Bestia’s future ruler and Gaia’s crown prince now standing beside an imperial princess, the royal family sees the chance to bind kingdoms together through marriage, and they have no intention of letting Paprika’s heart remain her own.
But the danger facing the empire runs deeper than court intrigue.
At the heart of the capital lies a living dungeon bound to an ancient Sacred Beast, a power woven into the empire’s survival itself. If that force falls out of balance, the Triune Empire could be swallowed by catastrophe. Yet this is not a burden Krimson can simply cut down or overpower. To save the capital, someone must prove worthy to inherit the crown tied to that power... and the fate of the empire along with it.
As Paprika struggles to separate her true feelings from her family’s ambitions, another mystery begins to stir within Krimson’s household, one far more personal than politics and just as life-changing.
In the Triune Empire, love is leverage, crowns are burdens, and the price of choosing your own future may be higher than any of them are ready to pay.
Genre: Thriller