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The carriage shudders over uneven stones, a rhythmic pounding that matches the frantic beat inside my chest. The year is 1870. Magic pulses through the very air of Port Town, a privilege I was born without. My own family treated me as a servant, then sold me off to settle a debt. Now I travel to meet Prince Hyunjin, the chief of the royal phantom-hunting forces, a man spoken of in hushed, fearful tones for his formidable power and cold command. This ride is a gilded cage rolling toward a gilded prison—a forced marriage brokered by our fathers. The heavy scent of rain-soaked earth and old leather hangs in the air. Soon, I will stand before the prince himself, and the carefully constructed rumors of his cruelty will either shatter or solidify around me.