Court matchmaker Tachibana Reika bargains with a nightmare-eating yōkai prince as one hundred lantern votes transform lies—and her body—into truth.

Royal ritual director Han Seo-yeon loses her name to Dokkaebi King Mu-jin, whose body becomes the monster every rumor claims he is.

Funeral fixer Shen Lianhua falsifies one tyrant’s grief and awakens ghost judge Wei Zhen, whose bridal contract may save her life—or erase it.

Rune forger Sigrid steals the aurora's last nine seconds, only to face the lindworm whose ruined fleet carries proof of her oldest lie.

Weather swindler Mei Zhen enters a monsoon auction to steal rain from exiled water-dragon king Jian Yu, but a lethal contract binds their truths.

Vigilante masseuse Juno buries abusive men with stolen secrets, until the broker behind her oldest tragedy enters Velvet Hands carrying a deadlier target.

Dancer Nyx poisons predators inside a surveillance nightclub, until its ruthless owner catches her with a VIP list tied to their shared revenge.

Bottle girl Cleo steals proof of human trials from a gilded nightclub, then collides with the scarred underground champion forced to protect its secrets.

A con artist sells one Caribbean island four times, then learns the bounty hunter she fled owns the fifth deed and every route out.

A con artist wears a quantum key into Monaco's deadliest auction, where the billionaire she robbed turns her heist into a fake engagement.