She died on the execution platform—stripped of her immortality, betrayed, and told she was only a shadow of another woman. Then she woke up days earlier with memory intact and a choice: run or be broken again. Haisley Bradley chooses to run. She flees the jade halls, disguises herself in a lawless mortal port (Harbor City), learns to earn five spirit-stones a day, and teaches her faithful attendant Jordan how to survive. But the master who loved—and used—her, Hugo Ashford, will not let her leave. Haunting devotion turns violent. He tears a piece of his own soul apart and storms a demon realm to save the shard that keeps her alive. Now Haisley must decide what being loved costs: her freedom, her life, or a god’s ruin. In three lives she learns the truth—some promises are forged by vanity, some by sacrifice, and the bravest thing is to stop being anyone’s shadow. This time she intends to be more than survived.

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