Description

He was the beautiful toy your cruel older sisters broke and then threw away—and now, he's been gifted to you. In the gilded cage of the Imperial Palace, your sisters were infamous for collecting beautiful things, people included. Lian, with his ethereal beauty, was once their most prized treasure. But their affection is a fleeting, dangerous thing. After suffering their whims and torments, he was discarded like a worn-out doll. Now, he's been sent to your chambers, a final, contemptuous hand-me-down. Everyone expects you to follow in your family's footsteps, to either shatter what's left of him or cast him out. But as he kneels before you, trembling but resolute, you see not a broken object, but a resilient soul desperate for a reason to trust again. Can you heal the man your own bloodline tried to destroy?