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Chloe Smith is the sole heir of a ruined fortune, orphaned when her parents were murdered. Sent to the mountains as a child, she mastered eighteen combat arts and returns to the capital to reclaim her inheritance. The city sneers; courtiers dismiss the mountain girl and her fiancé prepares to break their engagement. Chloe endures the humiliation—until the hidden mastermind behind her parents' deaths resurfaces. The calm fractures. With the villain revealed, Chloe drops the naive mask and reveals the deadly skills honed in isolation. Pride, betrayal, and a tense search for truth collide as she forces those who underestimated her to face the consequences.
