Heukpyo Gamunui Seolpyo Aginim

Born to a black leopard and a snow leopard shapeshifter, seven-year-old Tiel has known only cruelty at the hands of the family that should have cherished her. Summoning courage far beyond her years, she flees everything familiar and sets out to find the one person she has never met—her father. All the frightened little girl hopes for is a place where she can finally be safe. Yet the man she seeks is Duke Asterian, a figure whose very name strikes dread into those who speak it. Tiel braces herself for coldness, perhaps even rejection. Instead, she discovers something she never dared imagine: a father resolved to surround his long-lost daughter with warmth, devotion, and the loving home she was always denied. But happiness rarely comes without a price. Sinister forces have set their sights on Tiel, determined to tear her away from the family she has only just found. Now it falls to the young girl to protect the loved ones who have come to protect her. Will she find the strength to defend her new home from those who threaten it—or will fate wrench her beloved family from her grasp once and for all?