The Silver Lotus Trap
By @john1208
Osha Tassari wants nothing more than to sleep late and tinker in peace. To escape the grueling social expectations of high society, she disguises herself as a frumpy, veil-wearing recluse - a charade so successful that Rovian Velt, her powerful arranged fiancé, is moving mountains to divorce his 'hideous' bride-to-be. But Osha's peaceful life derails when she wakes up in the impossible, gravity-defying Terrarium Suite after a blackout-drunk night. Realizing she mistook a devastatingly handsome stranger for a hired escort, she flees before dawn, accidentally leaving behind her masterpiece: a custom-crafted silver lotus hairpin.
Now, Rovian is turning the city upside down to find his passionate, mysterious lover, using the hairpin to offer a massive public reward. The twist? The reward is a fatal trap. The hairpin's mechanics are outlawed, and the city's Inquisition is using Rovian's obsessive search to flush out a rogue artisan for execution. With a nosy private investigator uncovering the crystal-recordings of the hotel lobby, Osha’s lazy days are over. Can she outwit the man trying to divorce her before he unwittingly hands her over to the executioner?
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