It’s haunted by the victims of confinement and coercion. It’s also a book with no love, no reason for the events, and no rhyme or reason.
Fortunately for Yumi, who fears death more than anything else, she is the protagonist. She maybe imprisoned and tormented day and night, but she is not afraid of dying.
But for some reason, the Northern Grand Duke neither imprisons nor torments her. He simply observes.
***
She blushed, conscious of the large, distracted man walking beside her.
‘Perhaps, we can get along?!’
***
A small uneasiness sprouted in the back of Varas’s mind, unaware of his thoughts.
She was pretty, and there was no reason for her not to run away.
He looked down at her tiny head and thought to himself, ‘I should probably stop this nonsense and lock her up.’