Natsuo is a man eclipsed by the crushing expectations of a tyrannical magistrate and the burning resentment of a village that views him as a traitor. He is fragile, stuttering, and drowning in a life he never chose. But the forest holds a secret. When Natsuo finds a wounded white wolf in the undergrowth, his act of mercy brings him face-to-face with a spear welding goddess of lethal grace. She is the embodiment of a forgotten past, and she sees something in Natsuo's trembling spirit that he doesn't even see in himself. As a massive construction project threatens the balance, Natsuo must decide where his loyalties lie: with a village that demands his soul, or the mysterious beauty that remembers his name.
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