Lynn Frost's mission: survive in a harem novel. Empress commands 'make Seraphina Sullivan's head blossom'; Lynn Frost fills her hair with peonies. Second, 'don't let her see tomorrow's sun,' she gives Seraphina medicine for three days' sleep. Empress demands an explanation; Lynn Frost responds with 'literal execution.' Using modern thinking, she defuses murderous intent, neither offending the powerful nor harming the innocent. Lynn Frost navigates the palace.