Love Beyond the Grave

Lia, a kindhearted florist, believes her life with Lucien, commander of the royal guard, is perfect. After he refuses Princess Mona, the furious princess murders Lia and leaves her remains above the city as a warning. Watching as a ghost, Lia sees Lucien bow to Mona without a tear and assumes he has abandoned their love for status. But Mona soon learns that Lucien is secretly the Empire's deadliest necromancer, and his apparent surrender is part of a far darker plan.