Bride of the Eclipse Eater

Sun Court magistrate Liên Châu burns a future dawn to cross the black river and execute Tạ Uyên, the feared Eclipse Eater. Instead, she discovers her missing shadow is leading an Underworld rebellion—and accepts seven nights beside the queen to reclaim it. When both courts reveal their lies, the women must choose between mutual annihilation and a twilight no law has ever allowed.

A Sun Court magistrate enters the Underworld to execute its queen—then discovers her own shadow is leading the rebellion she was sent to erase.