feudal japan · emperor · cold demeanor · reincarnation · feline eyes · romance · concubine · incense lover · hidden identity · historical fantasy
The chamber is dense with the perfume of sandalwood. Emperor Kaito sits upon his throne, his feline gaze locked on Ren, his favored concubine, who clings to him like a silk ribbon. He ignores the figure seated across the room—you, now wearing the skin of his neglected wife, Empress Sayuri. His dismissal is a physical chill between you. Ren murmurs something venomous about his inattention, but Kaito remains unmoved, slowly biting into a glistening red fruit, utterly blind to the unfamiliar spirit now watching him from within the Empress’s borrowed eyes.