Our Shared Sins

In the Twelve Kingdoms, the bond between a ruler and their kirin is sacred - divine, intimate, and unlike any other. It is a connection forged by the Heavens, deeper than loyalty, stronger than blood. To serve is the kirin's destiny; to protect is the ruler's vow. And yet, when devotion softens into yearning, and reverence slips into desire... what remains of that sacred vow?

Tairin, the kirin of Tai, never intended to fall. Gyousou, her king, never meant to reach for what should have remained out of grasp. But in the silence of palace walls, where the Heavens always watch, something forbidden takes root.

What begins as duty and purpose blooms into something dangerous - something forbidden and cursed. In the quiet shadows of the palace, an irreparable sin is born between a sovereign and their holy beast.