BOW DOWN

SYNOPSIS

The most sought-after changnam of the pleasure district has cultivated such a reputation that it has reached all the way to the royal court. It doesn't exactly come as a surprise for him when he gets "aggressively recruited" to serve the Daesan as his concubine since the entire town keeps talking about their ruler's eccentric tastes in hushed whispers. What does shock him, however, is to discover the biggest secret kept under the curved roofs for so long.

That the current Daesan is a woman, and no one has any idea.

*Commissioned work

Content Warning & Disclaimer

Unless my common sense dictates something should be tagged, I do not spell out everything that takes place in a story in the content warnings. It's largely to provide a "blind" reading experience by preventing as many spoilers as possible. If prior warnings significantly matter to you and/or you're not sure whether you should continue reading past this point, please see this page first.

Reader discretion advised: Adult themes throughout, morally bankrupt & flawed characters, period-typical stereotypes and shallow worldviews, forbidden desire(s), sex work, explicit sexual content—heavy sexual deviance and fetishism, outrageous & disturbing imagery, violence (gore, death), references to traumatic events, very strong and occasionally offensive language/slur.

Genre/Trope

Dark Romance, Drama, Period Drama/Alternative History, Slowburn, Suspense

CONTENT

• Prologue: Something to Die For

• Scroll I: Good Mourning

• Scroll II: Honeysuckles and Butterflies

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