Behind Swords and Veils

The Empire no longer exists as it once did.

The throne has been seized.

The Capital has been sealed.

And power... now rests in the hands of someone who has no intention of surrendering it.

As Hua tightens his grip with ruthless precision - eliminating allies, controlling the city, and preparing the final strike - another conflict begins to rise beyond the walls of the Capital.

Not out of ambition.

But because there is no longer any other choice.

Bianca - Yunna - never wanted to lead a war.

She never wanted the burden of deciding who lives... and who dies.

But surrounded by generals, princes, and soldiers who now look to her for guidance, her ideas cease to be solutions-and become weapons.

And every one of them demands a price.

As armies march, alliances fracture, and the truth behind the Emperor's fall spreads across the land, the Empire finds itself divided between two paths:

submit to the new order...

or fight against it.

At the center of it all, Bianca finds herself torn between what she believes-

and what she must become in order to survive.

Because this time, it is no longer about saving someone.

It is about choosing a side.

And living with the consequences.