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She is returning home.
But it fills her with terror.
She will not be allowed to live.
Not now-
She jolts awake.
Several cats cluster by her bed and stare up at her.
“Were you warning me?”
But the cats don’t have an answer for her.
Instead there is a letter on a table that awaits her.
From the Prince of their clan
Asking her to watch over the Joseon Consort’s health.
As well as her own.
For, as he puts it, she and her mistress wield the authority of the Yu Clan to aid the glory of Great Qing.