When rumours of Çuiren spread around the palace, it could have cost her her life. However, by great fortune or coincidental benevolence, she was spared. For the time being, that is. What will happen to her once the rumours have been investigated? It didn't seem like the Crown Prince would like to keep her... Laž'ar lives in the pleasure district of Žanutian'ur, a vassal city-state. When his mother becomes sick, he needs to work to get her medicine. But as he works, he discovers that his background might not be as simple as he initially thought. Perhaps finding out more about the truth is the key to solving his problems. Readers' discretion advised.