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Jean does not let anything slip through the cracks. She has to be perfect. She can not make mistakes. Mondstadt relies on her, and she is determined not to disappoint her city. But when a child is injured and the mysterious Darknight Hero is blamed and a manhunt begins, Jean is forced to choose between her role as a Knight and her feelings for the man who broke her heart.
Diluc is not the same boy he was all those years ago. He hardly remembers the innocent boy who loved with his whole heart; he is dead, and Diluc tells himself he couldn't care less. He is more than content to continue serving his city from the shadows, his memories reflected in dirty wine glasses he is careful not to break. Until a horrible crime drags Diluc into a play he cannot escape, and brings him face to face with the woman he knows is better off forgetting him.
Dark plots loom at the edges of Mondstadt as two knights, one in the law and one outside it, are forced to confront a past both had tried to ignore. Masks are donned and removed as carefully suppressed emotions are set blazing to light. Years feels like eternity and yet no time at all. Old horrors and new threats provide kindling as sparks ignite.