Introduction: In a land where demons grant cursed power to those desperate enough to ask, one man carries a blade鈥攁nd a burden he cannot name.Satoshi Kitotsuki is a wandering ronin with a calm smile, a sharper tongue, and a reputation for surviving battles no one should walk away from. But beneath the charm lies something far darker: a forgotten pact, a buried past, and eyes that turn gold when death is near.Ayaka Tachibana is a noblewoman who plays the perfect lady in court鈥攁nd burns that image to ashes in private. She鈥檚 bold, sharp-tongued, and secretly trained in forbidden spirit magic. When politics force her to hire a bodyguard, she chooses the one man she can't seem to control鈥攁nd who sees straight through her.Thrown together, they navigate palace intrigue, gang vendettas, and ancient magic. But as blood spills and secrets rise, Satoshi must confront the truth buried in snow... and the curse clawing to break free....