About the book: year / Every generation a competition is held to choose a new Empress Honoka. The rules are simple. Survive in the enchanted rooms of the seasons. Overcome Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Marry the prince. Everyone can participate except youkai, monsters and spirits, which the emperor decided to enslave and destroy. Marie studied all her life to become an empress. It should be easy to win. And it would have been so if she had not been hiding a dangerous secret. Marie is a youkai and can transform into a terrifying monster. If she is discovered, she is doomed. She tries to hide the truth about herself, but is confronted by Taro, a prince who does not want to inherit the emperor's throne, and Akira, a half-youkai and outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, revenge and forgiveness, Mari, Taro and Akira will decide the fate of Honoka.