“I warned you, and you chose to ignore it.”
Anecia runs a small flower shop in a remote village, carefully hiding a secret. However, when a depraved lord schemes to force her into marriage, she finds herself trapped—until fate intervenes.
In the depths of the forest, she stumbles upon a dying man.
That man is none other than Russell Velocina, the empire’s guardian and celebrated war hero. But what shocks Anecia even more than his identity… is the pair of beastly ears atop his head.
“So the rumors were true—he really isn’t human!”
Unable to watch him perish, Anecia takes him in and nurses him back to health. One fateful night, they share an undeniable connection.
Then, without a trace, he disappears.
Just as Anecia is about to be forced into marriage, knights from House Velocina arrive and whisk her away to the Marquis’s estate. There, she meets him once more.
“I believe you’re going to betray me.”
His golden eyes gleam with menace.
“So I’ll keep you where I can see you.”
And with that, Anecia is thrown straight into the jaws of the beast.