In the quiet village of Yinling, where mist clings to the trees like whispered secrets, a strange custom persists—every hundred years, a girl is chosen to be the Bride of the Ghost, offered to the spirits that haunt the ancient forest beyond the shrine gates.
Seventeen-year-old 'Risel' never believed in ghost stories—until the night of the blood moon, when she is named the next bride.
But instead of death, she wakes in a realm cloaked in eternal twilight, faced not with terror, but with a man who calls himself "Aeren." He is kind, gentle, and strangely human. Yet shadows dance behind his eyes, and the realm obeys his will.
Resil doesn't know that "Aeren" is actually the Ghost King—ruler of the underworld, feared by all spirits. Bound by ancient curses and political unrest among the dead, he disguises himself as an ordinary man to test the heart of his destined bride.
As Risel begins to unravel the secrets of the twilight realm, she discovers her role is more than ceremonial. She is the key to an ancient prophecy, the one who could either restore balance between life and death—or shatter the veil that holds the restless dead at bay.
She must choose: return to the world she once knew, or embrace her place beside the Veiled King…
Even if it means becoming queen of the underworld.
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