The Frost Reaper's Masquerade

In the frozen dominion of Tianxue, survival is an art perfected in silence. Han Shuang is loyal. At least, that is what the formidable Tianxue Sect believes. Promising disciple and commander. Rising talent. Husband to their untouchable eldest miss. What they do not know is this: He bleeds for the Bingwu Alliance. By day, he kneels beneath the iron will of the Upper Skies. By night, he feeds the rebellion the very secrets meant to crush it. But espionage is the least of his sins. Hidden far from the Sect’s frost-bitten gaze is a child who should not exist. His brother’s daughter, born during the fiercest blizzard in a century. Shu’er does not cry. Shu’er does not freeze. And when she sleeps, the snow melts. If Tianxue discovers her, they will call it heresy. Execute her and ensure her death. If the rebels learn of her, they will call it salvation. Reveal her and ensure her death.  And when Han Shuang is forced into marriage with the Sect’s eldest miss, a woman as brilliant as she is ruthless, he realizes too late that she may be the only person clever enough to uncover the truth. Between rebellion and bloodline, between a vow he cannot refuse and a secret he cannot reveal. Han Shuang is caught.