BETRAYED BY HER OWN BLOOD, SHE MAKES A BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL. HE MAY BE HER ONLY SALVATION.​​ Eleanor Luo sacrificed everything for her family, taking a near-fatal blow to save the Queen Dowager. But while she spent years convalesating, her family replaced her with a charming cousin, stealing her title, her home, and her future. Her reward for their newfound wealth and status was a swift and silent death. But death was not the end. For eighteen years, Eleanor’s ghost watched her treacherous family fall, learning every secret and every weakness. Now, she has been given a second chance, reborn at the moment of her return. This time, Eleanor is no naive girl. She is a woman with the knowledge of a seer and the heart of a vengeful spirit. Her first move is not to her ungrateful family, but to the heart of power—to the Queen Dowager, the one person who remembers her sacrifice. Her second is a bold, calculated proposal to the most feared man in the kingdom: the ruthless Lord Protector, Theron. She offers him her loyalty and her unique foresight. In return, she demands his name, his protection, and the power to destroy those who betrayed her. It is a political marriage, a queen’s bargain. But in this deadly game of power, where ghosts of the past walk beside the living, the line between strategy and sentiment blurs. Eleanor must decide how far she will go for vengeance, and if the devil she has bound herself to might be the one soul who truly sees her. ​In a court of lies, a woman with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous player of all.​