Code can be rewritten. Destiny cannot. Olivia Lim is Seoul's top cybersecurity expert. A Tsinay (Chinese-Filipino) transplant from Vancouver who trusts algorithms over emotions. But when a zero-day exploit breaches the Areumdae Group, she discovers the attack isn't just code. It's a warning. CEO Ji Hoon Park steers his empire with calculated precision. To the public, he is untouchable. In private, he fights a silent war against a vengeful spirit hunting its easiest prey: his young nephew. When digital attacks converge with celestial fate, Ji Hoon needs a shield, not a wife. To protect the child, they strike a desperate bargain: A contract marriage. As corporate espionage threatens to shatter their legacy, the terms of their agreement crumble. Olivia isn't just a convenient partner. She is the glitch in the pattern, the variable no code can explain, and the only bride who can break the curse. In a world where every move is tracked and every heartbeat is a risk, choosing love is the ultimate act of defiance. ---------------------------------------------------- THE VIBE: • The Trope Trifecta: Reluctant Allies, Contract Marriage, and a "He Fell First" Slow Burn. • Techno-Thriller Stakes: Corporate espionage that feels real, because the digital world never sleeps. • K-Fantasy Romance: Discover a world where ancient Korean fate and Philippine-Chinese heritage share the same secret code. • The Comparison: Perfect for fans of the high-stakes protection in Crash Landing on You, the sizzling contract tension of Business Proposal, and the fated "ache" of Goblin. • The Series: "Season 1 of the Starlight Duology (Finale approaching). • The Accolades: Ranked #1 in #TechnoThriller, #1 in #ParaRomantasy, #1 in #Cybersecurity (January 2026)

They say some doors only open once. Luna lied to her father about a research trip to the Philippines. She didn't mention the impossible theory her vanished mother left behind. The pot swallowed her whole. Now she's crawling out of it into pre-colonial Madja-as during a pirate raid, where bodies fall like rain and survival isn't a skill you learn in international schools. The pot won't reopen. Her geometric tattoos burn with power she can't control. And somewhere in this brutal, beautiful world, there's a Keeper she's supposed to find. Except the Keeper is dead. Luna has spent her whole life trusting no one, needing no one, surviving alone. But here, blood soaks into communal earth. Here, warriors die with their crew's names on their lips. Here, villages share their last handful of rice. Isolation isn't strength when survival is measured in how many hands pull you back from the edge. It's extinction. The cosmic layers are fracturing. An ancient god is clawing his way back to power. And the prophecy that dragged her through time demands something she's never learned how to give: trust. She crossed time to find her mother. She found a war, a prophecy, and the reason some people never make it home. 🔗https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Q39SmQjhz2NSrzYz8NUya

As an avid- and fairly unsuccessful- writer of fantasy fiction, I know that dragons are pretty much the pinnacle of existence. I dare anyone to argue. So, when my mundane existence comes to an end and I am offered a choice of whatever race I liked upon reincarnating into a fantasy world, of course I chose dragon. Little did I know that my life as a dragon would take more than its fair share of twists and turns. But hey, I was a dragon... Everyone knows you don't mess with dragons. This is the next one to be added up on Royal Road in a couple days, once Broken's current chapters are done being added :)