Enya Lockhart ran away from home to escape a tragic fate with an obsessive emperor.

In a remote village, she enters a year-long contract marriage with a mercenary named Dale to secure her safety.

Dale is everything the emperor isn't: sweet, innocent, and pure.

But as their marriage progresses, Enya notices strange things.

Her 'sweet' husband returns late with blood on his cloak, and his eyes... they look exactly like the man she feared.

Did I flee from one monster only to marry another in disguise?