Her Ace, Her Shield

Sinopsis Her Ace, Her Shield

Fresh out of five grueling years in the military, Charles Linch returns to Cloudveil Mountain only to find his master, the formidable Maverick Shawn, vanished. Before he can investigate, a shocking truth emerges: his master has fled, taking all their money and leaving behind only a betrothal contract. To reclaim his master's precious jade pendant, his very ransom token, Charles must fulfill this unwanted engagement. He feels utterly sold out. But this is no ordinary pendant. It's the Revel Jade, an artifact rumored to hold the secret of immortality, powerful enough to plunge the entire cultivation world into chaos. To retrieve it, Charles agrees to a deal with his fiery fiancée, Eleanor Grayson: a three-month marriage contract to shield her from her family's relentless pressure to marry. What Charles expects to be a simple three-month arrangement quickly spirals into deadly peril. Powerful families like the Turners and the Leaches have set their sights on the Revel Jade in Eleanor's possession. They unleash a torrent of schemes and violence to seize it. Mason Turner, the ruthless Turner family heir, publicly threatens Eleanor, resorting to coercion and brutality. Charles, a warrior who believes in eliminating problems at the source, doesn't play defense. He uncovers the Turner family's secrets, strides into their stronghold, and wipes the Turner family off the map of Plainsrun. This decisive strike, however, rips the veil off the true mastermind: Connor Leach, the cunning