Toren Zaltys, the prince of dragons, is dead.

His noble body rots in the corner of a deceitful shrine, and the kitsune owner isn't about to take the fall for it. Having no other options, she pulls the one trump card she has left: shapeshifting. With the prince as her mask, she fools an entire nation.

The law is in pursuit, nipping at her tails, and the original assassins are hoping to finish the job. She may just avoid execution, but it will take everything she has left. In a world of angelic detectives, political marriages, and sinister plots, she seeks to topple a dynasty of revenge and hate.