Ghost in the Well

Harima Aoyama Chiyonosuke Azume was a young hatamoto samurai bannerman to the Shogun He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku Hibari He promised that his love was no passing infatuation amp she would never suffer for it She resisted his charms for some while knowing full well that they are of classes that do not intermarry but in time he broke down her resistance for how could she help but love him Political expedience puts the young hatamoto in the way of a marriage with a woman of his own station This will cement family connections amp see his family safely through a crisis at a time when many clans were finding themselves abolished on any pretext