Summary
On her first day as a handmaiden, Dahlia Belohr receives one absolute rule: she must never step into the annex. However, when a duty meant for another falls to her, she is forced to cross that forbidden line. Inside, she meets the annex’s ghostly inhabitant—a boy shrouded in rumor, considered a curse upon the duke’s legacy. Their unexpected connection starts to heal their mutual loneliness, but outside threats soon gather, determined to pull them apart.