
Ivy Lan was erased by the Dream Clinic, blamed for a noble boy’s dream collapse and abandoned in the rain. Then she enters the forbidden Black Tide Dream Palace and sees the truth inside its feared ruler, Saeus: he was not born mad. A war persona was stitched into his dream core. Bound by a dangerous contract, Ivy becomes his public fiancée and private dream-core healer. As she searches for the evidence that destroyed them both, she uncovers a city built on edited memories, stolen dream files, and fear. To clear her name and wake the Mad King, Ivy must break the old Dream Court’s power and teach Dream City how to wake from the Black Tide.