Cold Rain: Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince

Cold rain washes runnels of blood past her feet.

Having survived her first sword battle and killed a would-be assassin and a sword master, Yamabuki finds herself moving through a different world. Or is it she herself who has changed? Her mother's words ring in her ears: "You must prevail. That is the only allowable outcome. No one who you can truly trust will be there to offer you solace. It is something you will bear alone."

And now alone, wary and weary, trapped by an unseasonable snowstorm...